Surah Al-Ahzab, Ayah 5 (33:5)

ٱلْأَحْزَاب

ٱدْعُوهُمْ لَِٔابَآئِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ …

Quran 33:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Al-Ahzab (“The Combined Forces”), a Medinan surah of 73 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 418 of the Madani Mushaf.

33:5
ٱدْعُوهُمْلَِٔابَآئِهِمْهُوَأَقْسَطُعِندَٱللَّهِ ۚفَإِنلَّمْتَعْلَمُوٓا۟ءَابَآءَهُمْفَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْفِىٱلدِّينِوَمَوَٰلِيكُمْ ۚوَلَيْسَعَلَيْكُمْجُنَاحٌفِيمَآأَخْطَأْتُمبِهِۦوَلَٰكِنمَّاتَعَمَّدَتْقُلُوبُكُمْ ۚوَكَانَٱللَّهُغَفُورًارَّحِيمًا٥
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 raḥīman

Call them by [the names of] their fathers; it is more just in the sight of Allāh. But if you do not know their fathers - then they are [still] your brothers in religion and those entrusted to you. And there is no blame upon you for that in which you have erred but [only for] what your hearts intended. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.(5)

Word by word

  1. ٱدْعُوهُمْid'ʿūhumCall them
  2. لَِٔابَآئِهِمْliābāihimby their fathers
  3. هُوَhuwait
  4. أَقْسَطُaqsaṭu(is) more just
  5. عِندَʿindanear
  6. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
  7. فَإِنfa-inBut if
  8. لَّمْlamnot
  9. تَعْلَمُوٓا۟taʿlamūyou know
  10. ءَابَآءَهُمْābāahumtheir fathers
  11. فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْfa-ikh'wānukumthen (they are) your brothers
  12. فِىfīin
  13. ٱلدِّينِl-dīni[the] religion
  14. وَمَوَٰلِيكُمْ ۚwamawālīkumand your friends
  15. وَلَيْسَwalaysaBut not is
  16. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
  17. جُنَاحٌjunāḥunany blame
  18. فِيمَآfīmāin what
  19. أَخْطَأْتُمakhṭatumyou made a mistake
  20. بِهِۦbihiin it
  21. وَلَٰكِنwalākinbut
  22. مَّاmāwhat
  23. تَعَمَّدَتْtaʿammadatintended
  24. قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚqulūbukumyour hearts
  25. وَكَانَwakānaAnd Allah
  26. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah
  27. غَفُورًاghafūran(is) Oft-Forgiving
  28. رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMost Merciful

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