Al-Ahzab 33:5 ادعوهم لابايهم هو اقسط عند الله فان لم تعلموا اباءهم فاخوانكم في الدين ومواليكم وليس عليكم جناح فيما اخطاتم به ولاكن ما تعمدت قلوبكم وكان الله غفورا رحيما ٥
ٱدۡعُوهُمۡ
لِأٓبَآئِهِمۡ
هُوَ
أَقۡسَطُ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِۚ
فَإِن
لَّمۡ
تَعۡلَمُوٓاْ
ءَابَآءَهُمۡ
فَإِخۡوَٰنُكُمۡ
فِي
ٱلدِّينِ
وَمَوَٰلِيكُمۡۚ
وَلَيۡسَ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
جُنَاحٞ
فِيمَآ
أَخۡطَأۡتُم
بِهِۦ
وَلَٰكِن
مَّا
تَعَمَّدَتۡ
قُلُوبُكُمۡۚ
وَكَانَ
ٱللَّهُ
غَفُورٗا
رَّحِيمًا
٥
Call them (adopted sons) by (the names of) their fathers: that is more just with Allâh. But if you know not their father’s (names, call them) your brothers in faith and Mawâlîkum (your freed slaves). And there is no sin on you concerning that in which you made a mistake1, except in regard to what your hearts deliberately intend. And Allâh is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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Abolition of Adoption
Before Allah discusses ideas and theoretical matters, He gives tangible examples: one man cannot have two hearts in his body, and a man's wife does not become his mother if he says the words of Zihar to her: "You are to me like the back of my mother." By the same token, an adopt
…Abolition of Adoption
Before Allah discusses ideas and theoretical matters, He gives tangible examples: one man cannot have two hearts in his body, and
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