The Confederates
33. Al-'Aḥzāb
الأحزاب
Page #418
33:5
ادْعُوهُمْ
لِآبَائِهِمْ
هُوَ
أَقْسَطُ
عِندَ
اللَّهِ
فَإِن
لَّمْ
تَعْلَمُوا
آبَاءَهُمْ
فَإِخْوَانُكُمْ
فِي
الدِّينِ
وَمَوَالِيكُمْ
وَلَيْسَ
عَلَيْكُمْ
جُنَاحٌ
فِيمَا
أَخْطَأْتُم
بِهِ
وَلَكِن
مَّا
تَعَمَّدَتْ
قُلُوبُكُمْ
وَكَانَ
اللَّهُ
غَفُورًا
رَّحِيمًا
udʿūhum li-ʾābāʾihim huwa ʾaqsaṭu ʿinda llāhi fa-ʾin lam taʿlamū ʾābāʾahum fa-ʾikhwānukum fī d-dīni wa-mawālīkum wa-laysa ʿalaykum junāḥun fī-mā ʾakhṭaʾtum bihī wa-lākin mā taʿammadat qulūbukum wa-kāna llāhu ghafūran raḥīman-i
Call them by (the names of) their fathers: that is juster in the sight of Allah. But if ye know not their father's (names, call them) your Brothers in faith, or your maulas. But there is no blame on you if ye make a mistake therein: (what counts is) the intention of your hearts: and Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Call them after their fathers. That is more just with Allah. If you do not know their fathers, then they are your brethren in the faith and your kinsmen. Excepting what your hearts may intend deliberately, there will be no sin upon you for any mistake that you may make therein. And Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.
