سُوْرَةُ الْمُمْتَحِنَةِ
Surah Al-Mumtahana (60) — Ayah 11
وَإِن فَاتَكُمْ شَىْءٌ مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْكُفَّارِ فَعَاقَبْتُمْ فَـَٔاتُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ذَهَبَتْ أَزْوَٰجُهُم مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنتُم بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿11﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And if any of your wives have gone from you to the disbelievers, (as apostates and you asked them to return back your Mahr but they refused) - then you went out for a Ghazwah (military expedition) (against them and) gained booty; then pay from that booty to those whose wives have gone, the equivalent of what they had spent (on their Mahr ). And fear Allâh in Whom you believe.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
فَاتَكُمْ
fātakum
have gone from you
شَىْءٌۭ
shayon
any
مِّنْ
min
of
أَزْوَٰجِكُمْ
azwājikum
your wives
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلْكُفَّارِ
l-kufāri
the disbelievers
فَعَاقَبْتُمْ
faʿāqabtum
then your turn comes
فَـَٔاتُوا۟
faātū
then give
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(to) those who
ذَهَبَتْ
dhahabat
have gone
أَزْوَٰجُهُم
azwājuhum
their wives
مِّثْلَ
mith'la
(the) like
مَآ
mā
(of) what
أَنفَقُوا۟ ۚ
anfaqū
they had spent
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
(in) Whom
أَنتُم
antum
you
بِهِۦ
bihi
[in Him]
مُؤْمِنُونَ
mu'minūna
(are) believers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
11. 1. Fa‘āqabtum. So you punish or take retribution. One meaning is that the dowries of the women who come to you as Muslims, which you were to pay to their disbelieving husbands, you should give to those Muslims whose wives, due to being disbelievers, have gone to the disbelievers and the disbelievers have not paid the dowry to the Muslims (i.e., this is also a form of retribution). The second meaning is that you fight the disbelievers in jihad, and from the spoils of war, before distribution, you pay those Muslims whose wives have gone to the land of disbelief, according to their expenses, i.e., compensation for the Muslims’ loss from the spoils of war is also a form of retribution (Aysar al-Tafasir and Ibn Kathir). If compensation is not possible from the spoils of war, then assistance should be given from the Bayt al-Mal.
