33:5
ٱدْعُوهُمْ
لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ
هُوَ
أَقْسَطُ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
فَإِن
لَّمْ
تَعْلَمُوٓا۟
ءَابَآءَهُمْ
فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ
فِى
ٱلدِّينِ
وَمَوَٰلِيكُمْ ۚ
وَلَيْسَ
عَلَيْكُمْ
جُنَاحٌۭ
فِيمَآ
أَخْطَأْتُم
بِهِۦ
وَلَـٰكِن
مَّا
تَعَمَّدَتْ
قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚ
وَكَانَ
ٱللَّهُ
غَفُورًۭا
رَّحِيمًا
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Name your adopted sons after their real fathers: this is more equitable in God’s eyes––if you do not know who their fathers are [they are your] ‘brothers-in-religion’ and proteges. You will not be blamed if you make a mistake, only for what your hearts deliberately intend; God is most forgiving and merciful.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem