مَّا Not mā Allah (has) made jaʿala Allah (has) made l-lahu for any man lirajulin [of] min two hearts qalbayni in fī his interior jawfihi And not wamā He (has) made jaʿala your wives azwājakumu whom allāī you declare unlawful tuẓāhirūna [of them] min'hunna (as) your mothers ummahātikum And not wamā He has made jaʿala your adopted sons adʿiyāakum your sons abnāakum That dhālikum (is) your saying qawlukum by your mouths bi-afwāhikum but Allah wal-lahu says yaqūlu the truth l-ḥaqa and He wahuwa guides yahdī (to) the Way l-sabīla
Allāh has not made for a man two hearts in his interior. And He has not made your wives whom you declare unlawful your mothers. And He has not made your claimed [i.e., adopted] sons your [true] sons. That is [merely] your saying by your mouths, but Allāh says the truth, and He guides to the [right] way.
ٱدْعُوهُمْ Call them id'ʿūhum by their fathers liābāihim it huwa (is) more just aqsaṭu near ʿinda Allah l-lahi But if fa-in not lam you know taʿlamū their fathers ābāahum then (they are) your brothers fa-ikh'wānukum in fī [the] religion l-dīni and your friends wamawālīkum But not is walaysa upon you ʿalaykum any blame junāḥun in what fīmā you made a mistake akhṭatum in it bihi but walākin what mā intended taʿammadat your hearts qulūbukum And Allah wakāna And Allah l-lahu (is) Oft-Forgiving ghafūran Most Merciful raḥīman
Call them by [the names of] their fathers; it is more just in the sight of Allāh. 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 Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.