Surah Al-Mumtahanah Verse 3 - Read, Listen, Translation, English : Never will your relatives or your children benefit you; the…

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Translation Transliteration — Al-Mumtahanah

لَن تَنفَعَكُمْ أَرْحَامُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُمْ ۚ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ۝٣

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Lan tanfa`akum arhaamukum wa laaa awlaadukum; yawmal qiyaamati yafsilu bainakum; wallaahu bimaa ta`maloon baseer

📖 Translation (English Meaning)

📖 English Meaning

Never will your relatives or your children benefit you; the Day of Resurrection He will judge between you. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.

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Translation — Tafsir

Word Meanings:

Arhaamukum (أَرْحَامُكُمْ): Your blood relations and kinship ties.
Yafsilu (يَفْصِلُ): Will separate and distinguish.
Baseer (بَصِيرٌ): All-Seeing, fully aware of everything.

Tafsir (Explanation):

This verse delivers a profound and sobering message to the believers, addressing those who might be tempted to ally with disbelievers out of love for their relatives or children. Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) makes it absolutely clear that on the Day of Judgment, no family bond, no blood relation, and no offspring will be of any benefit to a person who chose to side with disbelief over faith.

The verse declares: "Your blood relations and your children will never benefit you on the Day of Resurrection." This is a direct response to those who argued that they maintained ties with the disbelievers out of concern for their families. Allah is telling them that such alliances are futile — when that great Day arrives, kinship will not intercede for anyone, and children will not rescue their parents from the consequences of their choices.

Then comes the decisive statement: "He will separate between you." On that Day, Allah will divide people based on their faith and deeds, not their family ties. The obedient believers will be admitted into Paradise, while the disobedient disbelievers will be cast into Hellfire — regardless of how closely they were related in this world. A father may be in Paradise while his son is in the Fire, and a mother may be in the Fire while her daughter is in Paradise. The ties of this world will be severed completely, and only faith and righteous deeds will matter.

The verse concludes with a powerful reminder: "And Allah is All-Seeing of what you do." Nothing escapes His knowledge — not your secret intentions, not your hidden alliances, not your private conversations, and not your outward actions. He sees everything and will recompense each person according to what they have earned.

A Call to Reflection:

Dear Muslim, this verse is a beautiful and necessary wake-up call. It teaches us that our ultimate loyalty must be to Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) above all else — even above our most beloved family members. This does not mean we abandon our families; rather, it means we never compromise our faith for their sake. We love them, we care for them, we maintain ties with them, but we never let that love push us into disobedience to Allah.

Imagine the profound wisdom here: Allah is telling us that the very people we might be tempted to please by compromising our religion will not be able to help us on the Day we need help the most. So why sacrifice eternal success for temporary approval?

Let this verse strengthen your resolve. Hold firmly to your faith, for it is your true family on the Day of Judgment. The believers are brothers and sisters to one another — a bond that transcends blood and will last forever in the gardens of Paradise. May Allah make us among those who are united by faith and granted entry into His eternal mercy.

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1يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِم بِالْمَوَدَّةِ وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِمَا جَاءَكُم مِّنَ الْحَقِّ يُخْرِجُونَ الرَّسُولَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۙ أَن تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ رَبِّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ خَرَجْتُمْ جِهَادًا فِي سَبِيلِي وَابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِي ۚ تُسِرُّونَ إِلَيْهِم بِالْمَوَدَّةِ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِمَا أَخْفَيْتُمْ وَمَا أَعْلَنتُمْ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْهُ مِنكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَاءَ السَّبِيلِ

O you who have believed, do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies, extending to them affection while they have disbelieved in what came to you of the truth, having driven out the Prophet and yourselves [only] because you believe in Allah, your Lord. If you have come out for jihad in My cause and seeking means to My approval, [take them not as friends]. You confide to them affection, but I am most knowing of what you have concealed and what you have declared. And whoever does it among you has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way.

2إِن يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا لَكُمْ أَعْدَاءً وَيَبْسُطُوا إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُم بِالسُّوءِ وَوَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ

If they gain dominance over you, they would be to you as enemies and extend against you their hands and their tongues with evil, and they wish you would disbelieve.

3لَن تَنفَعَكُمْ أَرْحَامُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُمْ ۚ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

Never will your relatives or your children benefit you; the Day of Resurrection He will judge between you. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.

4قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِذْ قَالُوا لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَآءُ مِنكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةُ وَالْبَغْضَاءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ إِلَّا قَوْلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَا أَمْلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِن شَيْءٍ ۖ رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ

There has already been for you an excellent pattern in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, "Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allah. We have denied you, and there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you believe in Allah alone" except for the saying of Abraham to his father, "I will surely ask forgiveness for you, but I have not [power to do] for you anything against Allah. Our Lord, upon You we have relied, and to You we have returned, and to You is the destination.

5رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

Our Lord, make us not [objects of] torment for the disbelievers and forgive us, our Lord. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

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