سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْفَالِ
Surah Al-Anfaal (8) — Ayah 73
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُن فِتْنَةٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ كَبِيرٌ ﴿73﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And those who disbelieve are allies of one another, (and) if you (Muslims of the whole world collectively) do not do so [i.e. become allies, as one united block under one Khalifah (a chief Muslim ruler for the whole Muslim world) to make victorious Allâh’s religion of Islâmic Monotheism], there will be Fitnah (wars, battles, polytheism) and oppression on the earth, and a great mischief and corruption (appearance of polytheism).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
بَعْضُهُمْ
baʿḍuhum
some of them
أَوْلِيَآءُ
awliyāu
(are) allies
بَعْضٍ ۚ
baʿḍin
(to) another
إِلَّا
illā
If not
تَفْعَلُوهُ
tafʿalūhu
you do it
تَكُن
takun
(there) will be
فِتْنَةٌۭ
fit'natun
oppression
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَفَسَادٌۭ
wafasādun
and corruption
كَبِيرٌۭ
kabīrun
great
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.
73. 1. That is, just as disbelievers are friends and supporters of one another, if you too do not support each other on the basis of faith and do not refrain from befriending disbelievers, then great turmoil and corruption will arise. And this means that through the mutual mixing, affection, and alliance between believers and disbelievers, confusion and compromise will arise in matters of religion. Some have interpreted (بعضھم اولیآء بعض) to mean inheritance, that is, disbelievers are heirs of one another, and the meaning is that a Muslim cannot inherit from a disbeliever, nor can a disbeliever inherit from a Muslim, as this has been clearly explained in the ahadith. If you ignore faith and disbelief in matters of inheritance and consider only kinship, then great turmoil and corruption will arise.
