ٱلْمُمْتَحَنَة : ١٢

  • يَٰٓأَيُّهَا O
  • ٱلنَّبِيُّ Prophet
  • إِذَا When
  • جَآءَكَ come to you
  • ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتُ the believing women
  • يُبَايِعۡنَكَ pledging to you
  • عَلَىٰٓ [on]
  • أَن that
  • لَّا not
  • يُشۡرِكۡنَ they will associate
  • بِٱللَّهِ with Allah
  • شَيۡـٔٗا anything
  • وَلَا and not
  • يَسۡرِقۡنَ they will steal
  • وَلَا and not
  • يَزۡنِينَ they will commit adultery
  • وَلَا and not
  • يَقۡتُلۡنَ they will kill
  • أَوۡلَٰدَهُنَّ their children
  • وَلَا and not
  • يَأۡتِينَ they bring
  • بِبُهۡتَٰنٖ slander
  • يَفۡتَرِينَهُۥ they invent it
  • بَيۡنَ between
  • أَيۡدِيهِنَّ their hands
  • وَأَرۡجُلِهِنَّ and their feet
  • وَلَا and not
  • يَعۡصِينَكَ they will disobey you
  • فِي in
  • مَعۡرُوفٖ (the) right
  • فَبَايِعۡهُنَّ then accept their pledge
  • وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ and ask forgiveness
  • لَهُنَّ for them
  • ٱللَّهَۚ (from) Allah
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • غَفُورٞ (is) Oft-Forgiving
  • رَّحِيمٞ Most Merciful
O Prophet, when the believing women come to you pledging to you that they will not associate anything with Allāh, nor will they steal, nor will they commit unlawful sexual intercourse, nor will they kill their children, nor will they bring forth a slander they have invented between their arms and legs,1 nor will they disobey you in what is right - then accept their pledge and ask forgiveness for them of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
Footnotes
1 - This is an allusion to pregnancy and childbirth, i.e., to falsely attribute a child (whether adopted or born of adultery) to a woman's husband.
O Prophet, if believing women come to you, pledging allegiance to you that they will not ascribe anything as partner to God, and that they will not steal, nor commit adultery, nor slay their children, as used to be done during the time of pagandom (jaahiliyya), when they would bury new-born girls alive, fearing ignominy and impoverishment, nor bring any lie that they have invented [originating] between their hands and their legs, that is, [by bringing] a foundling which they then [falsely] ascribe to the husband - it [the lie] is described in terms of a real child, because when a woman gives birth to a child, it falls between her hands and legs; nor disobey you in, doing, what is decent, which is that which concords with obedience to God, such as refraining from wailing, ripping apart [their] clothes [in grief], pulling out [their] hair, tearing open the front of [their] garments or scratching [their] faces, then accept their allegiance - the Prophet may peace and salutation be upon him did this [but] in words, and he did not shake hands with any of them - and ask God to forgive them; surely God is Forgiving, Merciful.