ٱدْعُوهُمْ لِءَابَآئِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ ءَابَآءَهُمْ فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَمَوَٰلِيكُمْ ۚ وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌۭ فِيمَآ أَخْطَأْتُم بِهِۦ وَلَٰكِن مَّا تَعَمَّدَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًا
Translation
Sahih International
Call them by [the names of] their fathers; it is more just in the sight of Allah. 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 Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
Word-by-Word Translation
ٱدْعُوهُمْ
Call them
لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ
by their fathers
هُوَ
it
أَقْسَطُ
(is) more just
عِندَ
near
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
Allah
فَإِن
But if
لَّمْ
not
تَعْلَمُوٓا۟
you know
ءَابَآءَهُمْ
their fathers
فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ
then (they are) your brothers
فِى
in
ٱلدِّينِ
[the] religion
وَمَوَٰلِيكُمْ ۚ
and your friends
وَلَيْسَ
But not is
عَلَيْكُمْ
upon you
جُنَاحٌۭ
any blame
فِيمَآ
in what
أَخْطَأْتُم
you made a mistake
بِهِۦ
in it
وَلَـٰكِن
but
مَّا
what
تَعَمَّدَتْ
intended
قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚ
your hearts
وَكَانَ
And Allah
ٱللَّهُ
And Allah
غَفُورًۭا
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمًا
Most Merciful
٥
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