The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

60: 13
Women Tested 369
Almighty, the All Wise.’ 6 Truly, they are a good example for you
[believers] to follow, a good example for those who fear God and the
Last Day. If anyone turns away, [remember] God is self-sufficing and
worthy of all praise.
7 God may still bring about affection between you and your present
enemies – God is all powerful, God is most forgiving and merciful
– 8 and He does not forbid you to deal kindly and justly with
anyone who has not fought you for your faith or driven you out of
your homes: God loves the just. 9 But God forbids you to take as
allies those who have fought against you for your faith, driven you
out of your homes, and helped others to drive you out: any of you
who take them as allies will truly be wrongdoers.
10 You who believe, test the believing women when they come to
you as emigrants – God knows best about their faith – and if you are
sure of their belief, do not send them back to the disbelievers: they
are not lawful wives for them, nor are the disbelievers their lawful
husbands. Give the disbelievers whatever bride-gifts they have
paid – if you choose to marry them, there is no blame on you once
you have paid their bride-gifts – and do not yourselves hold on to
marriage ties with disbelieving women. Ask for repayment of the
bride-gifts you have paid, and let the disbelievers do the same. This
is God’s judgement: He judges between you, God is all knowing and
wise. 11 If any of you have wives who leave you for the disbelievers,
and if your community subsequently acquires [gains] from them,
then pay those whose wives have deserted them the equivalent of
whatever bride-gift they paid. Be mindful of God, in whom you
believe.
12 Prophet, when believing women come and pledge to you that
they will not ascribe any partner to God, nor steal, nor commit
adultery, nor kill their children, nor lie about who has fathered their
children, a nor disobey you in any righteous thing, then you should
accept their pledge of allegiance and pray to God to forgive them:
God is most forgiving and merciful.
13 You who believe, do not take as allies those with whom God is
angry: they despair of the life to come as the disbelievers despair of
those buried in their graves.
a This is a common interpretation of the idiom ‘what is between their hands and their
feet’ (Razi).