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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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13. O you who believe! Do not take as friends those people upon whom Allah's wrath [30] has descended; they have despaired of the Hereafter just as the disbelievers have despaired of those in the graves [31].
[30] At the end of the Surah, once again, for further emphasis, the same point is reiterated: that hostile disbelievers can never be your well-wishers. Therefore, do not form bonds of friendship with them, nor place your trust in those upon whom Allah is displeased. The friends of Allah should remain displeased with them as well.
[31]
Various Interpretations of the Disbelievers’ Despair Regarding the People of the Graves:
Two different meanings of this phrase have been narrated from the Companions. One is that the disbelievers neither believe in the Hereafter nor in the resurrection of the dead from their graves. They do not expect reward or punishment for deeds in the Hereafter, just as they do not expect the dead to rise from their graves. The second meaning is that those disbelievers who have reached their graves, the reality has become clear to them, and they have become as hopeless of Allah’s mercy and kindness in the Hereafter as these disbelievers are hopeless of the establishment of the Hereafter itself. Both meanings are correct. However, in addition to these, some people who believe in the powers of the saints lying in the graves have derived a third meaning, which is that those who are hopeless of the powers of the people of the graves and do not believe in them are disbelievers. In other words, not accepting the powers of the people of the graves is the act of disbelievers. ﴿نعوذ بالله من شرور انفسا﴾
[30] At the end of the Surah, once again, for further emphasis, the same point is reiterated: that hostile disbelievers can never be your well-wishers. Therefore, do not form bonds of friendship with them, nor place your trust in those upon whom Allah is displeased. The friends of Allah should remain displeased with them as well.
[31]
Various Interpretations of the Disbelievers’ Despair Regarding the People of the Graves:
Two different meanings of this phrase have been narrated from the Companions. One is that the disbelievers neither believe in the Hereafter nor in the resurrection of the dead from their graves. They do not expect reward or punishment for deeds in the Hereafter, just as they do not expect the dead to rise from their graves. The second meaning is that those disbelievers who have reached their graves, the reality has become clear to them, and they have become as hopeless of Allah’s mercy and kindness in the Hereafter as these disbelievers are hopeless of the establishment of the Hereafter itself. Both meanings are correct. However, in addition to these, some people who believe in the powers of the saints lying in the graves have derived a third meaning, which is that those who are hopeless of the powers of the people of the graves and do not believe in them are disbelievers. In other words, not accepting the powers of the people of the graves is the act of disbelievers. ﴿نعوذ بالله من شرور انفسا﴾
