سُوْرَةُ الْمُمْتَحِنَةِ
Surah Al-Mumtahana (60) — Ayah 13
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ قَوْمًا غَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَدْ يَئِسُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ كَمَا يَئِسَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْقُبُورِ ﴿13﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O you who believe! Take not as friends the people who incurred the Wrath of Allâh (i.e. the Jews). Surely, they have despaired of (receiving any good in) the Hereafter, just as the disbelievers have despaired of those (buried) in graves (that they will not be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَا
lā
(Do) not
تَتَوَلَّوْا۟
tatawallaw
make allies
قَوْمًا
qawman
(of) a people
غَضِبَ
ghaḍiba
(The) wrath
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(of) Allah
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
(is) upon them
قَدْ
qad
Indeed
يَئِسُوا۟
ya-isū
they despair
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
كَمَا
kamā
as
يَئِسَ
ya-isa
despair
ٱلْكُفَّارُ
l-kufāru
the disbelievers
مِنْ
min
of
أَصْحَـٰبِ
aṣḥābi
(the) companions
ٱلْقُبُورِ
l-qubūri
(of) the graves
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.
13. 1 Some have taken this to refer to certain Jews, some to certain hypocrites, and some to all disbelievers. The last opinion is more correct, because it includes Jews and hypocrites as well, and besides, all disbelievers are deserving of Allah's wrath. Therefore, the meaning will be that you should not maintain friendly relations with any disbeliever, as this subject has been mentioned in several places in the Quran.
13. 2 Despairing of the Hereafter means denying the establishment of the Day of Judgment. Another meaning given is that the disbelievers buried in graves have despaired of all kinds of good, because after dying they have seen the outcome of their disbelief, so what hope of good can they have now (Ibn Jarir Tabari).
13. 2 Despairing of the Hereafter means denying the establishment of the Day of Judgment. Another meaning given is that the disbelievers buried in graves have despaired of all kinds of good, because after dying they have seen the outcome of their disbelief, so what hope of good can they have now (Ibn Jarir Tabari).
