سُوْرَةُ الْمُمْتَحِنَةِ

Surah Al-Mumtahana (60) — Ayah 9

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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﴾
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).
إِنَّمَا innamā Only
يَنْهَىٰكُمُ yanhākumu forbids you
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
عَنِ ʿani from
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
قَـٰتَلُوكُمْ qātalūkum fight you
فِى 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

Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

(Ayah 9){ اِنَّمَا يَنْهٰىكُمُ اللّٰهُ عَنِ الَّذِيْنَ قٰتَلُوْكُمْ فِي الدِّيْنِ … :} By these people are meant those disbelievers who have been mentioned since the beginning of the Surah.