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Quran 60:4

Surah Al-Mumtahanah (The Woman to Be Examined), verse 4 of 13 · Juz 28

قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ 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 شَىْءٍ ۖ رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Translations of Quran 60:4
EnglishTalal Itani

You have had an excellent example in Abraham and those with him; when they said to their people, “We are quit of you, and what you worship apart from Allah. We denounce you. Enmity and hatred has surfaced between us and you, forever, until you believe in Allah alone.” Except for the words of Abraham to his father, “I will ask forgiveness for you, though I have no power from Allah to do anything for you.” “Our Lord, in You we trust, and to You we repent, and to You is the ultimate resort.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

There is a goodly pattern for you in Abraham and those with him, when they told their folk: Lo! we are guiltless of you and all that ye worship beside Allah. We have done with you. And there hath arisen between us and you hostility and hate for ever until ye believe in Allah only - save that which Abraham promised his father (when he said): I will ask forgiveness for thee, though I own nothing for thee from Allah - Our Lord! In Thee we put our trust, and unto Thee we turn repentant, and unto Thee is the journeying.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Sizin için güzel bir örnek İbrahim ile beraberindekiler de oldu: Vaktiyle onlar kavımlarına şöyle dediler: «Biz sizlerden ve Allahdan başka taptıklarınızdan beriyiz ve sizi tanımıyoruz, taki siz Allahın birliğine iyman edinciye kadar, sizinle aramızda ebedî buğz-u adavet başladı» ancak İbrahimin babasına «Elbette senin için istiğfar edeceğim» maamafih senin için Allahdan hiçbir şeye gücüm yetmez» demesi müstesna, dediler: Ya rabbena! Biz ancak sana tevekkül kıldık ve sana gönül verdik ve bütün gidiş sanadır

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Vous avez un bel exemple dans Abraham et dans ceux qui le suivaient, lorsqu’ils dirent à leurs concitoyens : Nous n’avons rien de commun avec vous, nous sommes innocents du culte des divinités que vous adorez à côté de Dieu. Nous vous renions, et l’inimitié et la haine s’élèvent entre nous pour toujours, à moins que vous ne croyiez au Dieu unique : sauf que nous n’imiterez pas le langage d’Abraham quand il dit à son père : J’implorerai le pardon de Dieu en ta faveur, mais je ne saurais rien obtenir de lui pour toi. Seigneur, nous mettons notre confiance en toi, nous revenons à toi ; le terme de tout est dans toi.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Gij hebt een uitmuntend voorbeeld in Abraham, en zij die met hem waren, toen zij tot hun volk zeiden: Waarlijk wij zijn onschuldig aan u en aan de afgoden, welke gij naast God vereert; wij hebben afstand van u gedaan (u verloochend; en er is voor eeuwig haat en vijandschap tusschen ons gekomen, tot gij in God alleen gelooft. Doch gij zult Abraham niet navolgen in hetgeen hij tot zijn vader zeide: Waarlijk ik wil vergiffenis voor u vragen; maar ik kan niets ten uwen behoeve van God verkrijgen. O Heer! in u vertrouwen wij, en tot u zijn wij gewend, en voor u zullen wij hiernamaals worden verzameld.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Avete un bell’esempio in Abramo, ed in quei che lo seguivano, quando dissero ai loro concittadini: Non abbiamo niente di comune con voi, siamo innocenti (del culto) delle divinità che adorate a fianco di Dio. Noi vi rineghiamo, e l’inimicizia e l’odio si dichiarano fra noi per sempre a meno che non crediate al Dio unico. Non imitate però il linguaggio d’Abramo quando disse a suo padre: Implorerò il perdono di Dio in tuo favore, ma non potrei nulla ottenere da esso per te. Signore noi ponghiamo la nostri fiducia in te. ritorniamo a te; il termine di tutto è in te.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.