سُوْرَةُ الْمُمْتَحِنَةِ

Surah Al-Mumtahana (60) — Ayah 9

She that is to be examined · Medinan · Juz 28 · Page 550

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إِنَّمَا يَنْهَىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ قَـٰتَلُوكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَأَخْرَجُوكُم مِّن دِيَـٰرِكُمْ وَظَـٰهَرُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ إِخْرَاجِكُمْ أَن تَوَلَّوْهُمْ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمْ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ﴿9﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

It is only as regards those who fought against you on account of religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive you out, that Allâh forbids you to befriend them. And whosoever will befriend them, then such are the Zâlimûn (wrong-doers - those who disobey Allâh).

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

إِنَّمَا innamā Only
يَنْهَىٰكُمُ yanhākumu forbids you
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
عَنِ ʿani from
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
قَـٰتَلُوكُمْ qātalūkum fight you
فِى fī in
ٱلدِّينِ l-dīni the religion
وَأَخْرَجُوكُم wa-akhrajūkum and drive you out
مِّن min of
دِيَـٰرِكُمْ diyārikum your homes
وَظَـٰهَرُوا۟ waẓāharū and support
عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā in
إِخْرَاجِكُمْ ikh'rājikum your expulsion
أَن an that
تَوَلَّوْهُمْ ۚ tawallawhum you make them allies
وَمَن waman And whoever
يَتَوَلَّهُمْ yatawallahum makes them allies
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ fa-ulāika then those
هُمُ humu [they]
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ l-ẓālimūna (are) the wrongdoers

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9. 1 That is, by turning away from divine guidance and the command of the Lord.
9. 2 Because they loved those who were not worthy of love, thus they wronged themselves by exposing themselves to Allah's punishment.

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9. Allah only forbids you from those who fought you because of religion, and drove you out of your homes, and helped (others) in driving you out, that you should take them as friends. And whoever takes them as friends, then such people are the wrongdoers [19].

[19] Only the obstinate disbelievers are the enemies of Islam, the Prophet of Islam, the people of Islam, and Allah. And befriending such people is, in fact, equivalent to enmity towards Islam and the people of Islam. Therefore, making such disbelievers friends or confiding in them or telling them secrets is a great injustice.
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