Surah Al Mumtahanah With Urdu Translation

Surah Al Mumtahana Info

Intro

Name: Surah Al-Mumtahana
Meaning: The Woman to be Examined

Period of Revelation

Surah Al-Mumtahana was Revealed in Makkah consists of 13 Ayat 2 Raku and 60th Chapter of Holy Quran(28th Para).

Few Important Incident in virtues of Surah Al-Mumtahana

We mention some famous incidents related to Surah Al-Mumtahana

1. Narrated to Urwa that :

Hazrat Ayesha, the wife of the Prophet, said, “Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) used to examine the believing women who migrated to him following this Verse: O Prophet! When believing, women come to you to take the oath of allegiance. Verily! Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. Hazrat Ayesha said, “And if any of the believing women accepted the condition (assigned in the Verse as mentioned above), Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) would say to her. “I have accepted your pledge of allegiance.” “He would only say that, by Allah, his hand never touched any lady during that pledge of allegiance. He did not receive their pledge except by saying, “I have accepted your pledge of allegiance for that.

(Sahih al-Bukhari: 4891)

2. Narrated to Hazrat Az-Zuhri that:

Urwa said, “Ayesha told me that Allah’s Messenger Hazrat Muhammad(PBUH) used to examine the women emigrants. We have also been told that when Allah revealed the order that the Muslims should return to the pagans what they had spent on their wives who emigrated (after embracing Islam) and that the Muslims should not keep unbelieving women as their wives, `Umar divorced two of his wives, Qariba, the daughter of Abu Umayyah and the daughter of Jarwal Al-Khuza’i. Later on, Muawiya married Qariba, and Abu Jahm married the other.” When the pagans refused to pay what the Muslims had spent on their wives, Allah revealed: “And if any of your wives have gone from you to the unbelievers and you have an accession (by the coming over of a woman from the other side) (then pay to those whose wives have gone) the equivalent of what they had spent (on their Mahr). So, Allah ordered that the Muslim whose wife has gone should be given, as compensation of the Mahr he had given to his wife, from the Mahr of the wives of the pagans who had emigrated deserting their husbands. We do not know any women emigrants who fled Islam after embracing it. We have also been told that Abu Basir bin Asid Ath-Thaqafi came to the Prophet (PBUH) as a Muslim emigrant during the truce. Al-Akhnas bin Shariq wrote to the Prophet (PBUH) requesting him to return Abu Basir.

(Sahih al-Bukhari: 2733)

3. Narrated to Marwan and al-Miswar bin Makhrama that :

(From the companions of Allah’s Messenger (PBUH)) When Suhail bin Amar agreed to the Treaty (of Hudaibiya), one of the things he stipulated then, was that the Prophet (PBUH) should return to them ( the pagans) anyone coming to him from their side, even if he was a Muslim; and would not interfere between them and that person. The Muslims did not like this condition and got disgusted with it. Suhail did not agree except with that condition. So, the Prophet (PBUH) agreed to that condition and returned Abu Jandal to his father, Suhail bin `Amr. Thenceforward the Prophet (PBUH) returned everyone in that period (of truce) even if he was a Muslim. During that period, some believed women emigrants, including Um Kulthum bint `Uqba bin Abu Muait who came to Allah’s Messenger (PBUH), and she was a young lady then. Her relative came to the Prophet (PBUH) and asked him to return her, but the Prophet (PBUH) did not return her to them, for Allah had revealed the following Verse regarding women: “O you who believe! When the believing women come to you as emigrants. Examine them, Allah knows best as to their belief, then if you know them for true believers, send them not back to the unbelievers, (for) they are not lawful (wives) for the disbelievers, Nor are the unbelievers lawful (husbands) for them.

(Sahih al-Bukhari: 2711)

Conclusion

In this Surah, Allah Explained the Major Issues, Divine Laws, and Guidance. Do not befriend those who are the enemies of Allah and the Muslims. The Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) and his companions are an excellent example for the believers. The exception to the prohibition of friendship with unbelievers is made for those who had neither fought against the believers nor expelled them from their homes. For women that become believers, test their Iman, and if you find them truthful, do not return them to their unbelieving.