Qur'an 60:4 Al-Mumtahanah
قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌۭ فِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَءَٰٓؤُا۟ مِنكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةُ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَحْدَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَوْلَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍۢ ۖ رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ
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.
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What it says
Abraham and those with him are set up as the pattern to follow: they told their own people plainly that they were finished with them and with what they worshipped, and that enmity between them would stand until the people believed in Allah alone. The one thing set apart from the model is Abraham's promise to ask forgiveness for his father, a private commitment made before it was clear his father stood against Allah, not a rule for how to treat an enemy. The prayer that follows, reliance on Allah and return to Him, belongs to Abraham and his companions as much as the declaration does.
Word by word
قَدْ qad already · كَانَتْ kānat there was · لَكُمْ lakum for you · أُسْوَةٌ uswatun an example · حَسَنَةٌ ḥasanatun good · فِىٓ fī in · إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ibrāhīma Abraham · وَٱلَّذِينَ walladhīna and those who · مَعَهُۥٓ maʿahu were with him · إِذْ idh when · قَالُوا۟ qālū they said · لِقَوْمِهِمْ liqawmihim to their people · إِنَّا innā indeed we · بُرَءَٰٓؤُا۟ buraʾāʾu are disassociated · مِنكُمْ minkum from you · وَمِمَّا wa-mimmā and from what · تَعْبُدُونَ taʿbudūna you worship · مِن min other than · دُونِ dūni besides · ٱللَّهِ llāhi Allah · كَفَرْنَا kafarnā we reject · بِكُمْ bikum you · وَبَدَا wa-badā and has appeared · بَيْنَنَا baynanā between us · وَبَيْنَكُمُ wa-baynakumu and you · ٱلْعَدَٰوَةُ al-ʿadāwatu enmity · وَٱلْبَغْضَآءُ wal-baghḍāʾu and hatred · أَبَدًا abadan forever · حَتَّىٰ ḥattā until · تُؤْمِنُوا۟ tuʾminū you believe · بِٱللَّهِ billāhi in Allah · وَحْدَهُۥٓ waḥdahu alone · إِلَّا illā except · قَوْلَ qawla the saying · إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ibrāhīma of Abraham · لِأَبِيهِ li-abīhi to his father · لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ la-astaghfiranna I will surely ask forgiveness · لَكَ laka for you · وَمَآ wa-mā but not · أَمْلِكُ amliku I have power · لَكَ laka for you · مِنَ mina against · ٱللَّهِ llāhi Allah · مِن min of · شَىْءٍ shayʾin anything · رَّبَّنَا rabbanā our Lord · عَلَيْكَ ʿalayka upon You · تَوَكَّلْنَا tawakkalnā we rely · وَإِلَيْكَ wa-ilayka and to You · أَنَبْنَا anabnā we return · وَإِلَيْكَ wa-ilayka and to You · ٱلْمَصِيرُ al-maṣīr is the journey's end
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