The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces, The Allies — Verse 5

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The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces, The Allies 33:5

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Arabic English Morphology
ٱدْعُوهُمْ id'ʿūhum
Call them V
لِءَابَآئِهِمْ liābāihim
by their fathers Noun
هُوَ huwa
it Noun
أَقْسَطُ aqsaṭu
(is) more just Noun
عِندَ ʿinda
near Noun
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi
Allah Noun
فَإِن fa-in
But if Prep
لَّمْ lam
not Prep
تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ taʿlamū
you know V
ءَابَآءَهُمْ ābāahum
their fathers Noun
فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ fa-ikh'wānukum
then (they are) your brothers Noun
فِى fī
in Prep
ٱلدِّينِ l-dīni
[the] religion Noun
وَمَوَٰلِيكُمْ wamawālīkum
and your friends Noun
وَلَيْسَ walaysa
But not is V
عَلَيْكُمْ ʿalaykum
upon you Prep
جُنَاحٌ junāḥun
any blame Noun
فِيمَآ fīmā
in what Prep
أَخْطَأْتُم akhṭatum
you made a mistake V
بِهِۦ bihi
in it Noun
وَلَٰكِن walākin
but Prep
مَّا mā
what Noun
تَعَمَّدَتْ taʿammadat
intended V
قُلُوبُكُمْ qulūbukum
your hearts Noun
وَكَانَ wakāna
And Allah V
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
And Allah Noun
غَفُورًا ghafūran
(is) Oft-Forgiving Noun
رَّحِيمًا raḥīman
Most Merciful Noun

Name your adopted sons after their real fathers: this is more equitable in God’s eyes––if you do not know who their fathers are [they are your] ‘brothers-in-religion’ and proteges. You will not be blamed if you make a mistake, only for what your hearts deliberately intend; God is most forgiving and merciful

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

ٱدۡعُوهُمۡ لِءَابَاۤىِٕهِمۡ هُوَ أَقۡسَطُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِۚ فَإِن لَّمۡ تَعۡلَمُوۤا۟ ءَابَاۤءَهُمۡ فَإِخۡوَ ٰنُكُمۡ فِی ٱلدِّینِ وَمَوَ ٰلِیكُمۡۚ وَلَیۡسَ عَلَیۡكُمۡ جُنَاحࣱ فِیمَاۤ أَخۡطَأۡتُم بِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِن مَّا تَعَمَّدَتۡ قُلُوبُكُمۡۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورࣰا رَّحِیمًا ۝٥

id'ʿūhum liābāihim huwa aqsaṭu ʿinda l-lahi fa-in lam taʿlamū ābāahum fa-ikh'wānukum fī l-dīni wamawālīkum walaysa ʿalaykum junāḥun fīmā akhṭatum bihi walākin mā taʿammadat qulūbukum wakāna l-lahu ghafūran raḥīma

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