سُوْرَةُ الْمُمْتَحِنَةِ
Surah Al-Mumtahana (60) — Ayah 1
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ عَدُوِّى وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِم بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِمَا جَآءَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْحَقِّ يُخْرِجُونَ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۙ أَن تُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ رَبِّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ خَرَجْتُمْ جِهَـٰدًا فِى سَبِيلِى وَٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِى ۚ تُسِرُّونَ إِلَيْهِم بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ وَأَنَا۠ أَعْلَمُ بِمَآ أَخْفَيْتُمْ وَمَآ أَعْلَنتُمْ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْهُ مِنكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ﴿1﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O you who believe! Take not My enemies and your enemies (i.e. disbelievers and polytheists) as friends, showing affection towards them, while they have disbelieved in what has come to you of the truth (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism, this Qur’ân, and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), and have driven out the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and yourselves (from your homeland) because you believe in Allâh your Lord! If you have come forth to strive in My Cause and to seek My Good Pleasure, (then take not these disbelievers and polytheists as your friends). You show friendship to them in secret, while I am All-Aware of what you conceal and what you reveal. And whosoever of you (Muslims) does that, then indeed he has gone (far) astray from the Straight Path.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَا
lā
(Do) not
تَتَّخِذُوا۟
tattakhidhū
take
عَدُوِّى
ʿaduwwī
My enemies
وَعَدُوَّكُمْ
waʿaduwwakum
and your enemies
أَوْلِيَآءَ
awliyāa
(as) allies
تُلْقُونَ
tul'qūna
offering
إِلَيْهِم
ilayhim
them
بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ
bil-mawadati
love
وَقَدْ
waqad
while
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
they have disbelieved
بِمَا
bimā
in what
جَآءَكُم
jāakum
came to you
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
the truth
يُخْرِجُونَ
yukh'rijūna
driving out
ٱلرَّسُولَ
l-rasūla
the Messenger
وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۙ
wa-iyyākum
and yourselves
أَن
an
because
تُؤْمِنُوا۟
tu'minū
you believe
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
رَبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
إِن
in
If
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you
خَرَجْتُمْ
kharajtum
come forth
جِهَـٰدًۭا
jihādan
(to) strive
فِى
fī
in
سَبِيلِى
sabīlī
My way
وَٱبْتِغَآءَ
wa-ib'tighāa
and (to) seek
مَرْضَاتِى ۚ
marḍātī
My Pleasure
تُسِرُّونَ
tusirrūna
You confide
إِلَيْهِم
ilayhim
to them
بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ
bil-mawadati
love
وَأَنَا۠
wa-anā
but I Am
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
most knowing
بِمَآ
bimā
of what
أَخْفَيْتُمْ
akhfaytum
you conceal
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أَعْلَنتُمْ ۚ
aʿlantum
you declare
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَفْعَلْهُ
yafʿalhu
does it
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
فَقَدْ
faqad
then certainly
ضَلَّ
ḍalla
he has strayed
سَوَآءَ
sawāa
(from the) straight
ٱلسَّبِيلِ
l-sabīli
path
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
O you who have believed! Do not take My enemies and your (own) enemies as friends. 1. You send messages of friendship to them 2. while they deny the truth that has come to you, and drive out the Messenger and yourselves simply because you believe in Allah, your Lord. 3. If you have come out for striving in My way and seeking My pleasure, then do not take them as friends. 4. You secretly send them messages of love, and I know well what you conceal and what you reveal. Whoever among you does this has certainly strayed from the right path. 5.
