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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 72of 75

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَهَاجَرُوا۟ وَجَٰهَدُوا۟ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاوَوا۟ وَّنَصَرُوٓا۟ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍۢ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَلَمْ يُهَاجِرُوا۟ مَا لَكُم مِّن وَلَٰيَتِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا۟ ۚ وَإِنِ ٱسْتَنصَرُوكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلنَّصْرُ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍۭ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُم مِّيثَٰقٌۭ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌۭ﴿٧٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, those who have believed and emigrated and fought with their wealth and lives in the cause of Allah and those who gave shelter and aided - they are allies of one another. But those who believed and did not emigrate - for you there is no guardianship of them until they emigrate. And if they seek help of you for the religion, then you must help, except against a people between yourselves and whom is a treaty. And Allah is Seeing of what you do.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
وَهَاجَرُوا۟wahājarūand emigrated
وَجَـٰهَدُوا۟wajāhadūand strove hard
بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihimwith their wealth
وَأَنفُسِهِمْwa-anfusihimand their lives
فِىin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
ءَاوَوا۟āwawgave shelter
وَّنَصَرُوٓا۟wanaṣarūand helped
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
أَوْلِيَآءُawliyāu(are) allies
بَعْضٍۢ ۚbaʿḍin(of) another
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
وَلَمْwalamand (did) not
يُهَاجِرُوا۟yuhājirūemigrate
مَا(it is) not
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنmin(of)
وَلَـٰيَتِهِمwalāyatihimtheir protection
مِّنmin(in)
شَىْءٍshayin(in) anything
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يُهَاجِرُوا۟ ۚyuhājirūthey emigrate
وَإِنِwa-iniAnd if
ٱسْتَنصَرُوكُمْis'tanṣarūkumthey seek your help
فِىin
ٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religion
فَعَلَيْكُمُfaʿalaykumuthen upon you
ٱلنَّصْرُl-naṣru(is to) help them
إِلَّاillāexcept
عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
قَوْمٍۭqawmina people
بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you
وَبَيْنَهُمwabaynahumand between them
مِّيثَـٰقٌۭ ۗmīthāqun(is) a treaty
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
بَصِيرٌۭbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Muhajirin and Al-Ansar are the Supporters of One AnotherHere Allah mentions the types of believers, dividing them into the Muhajirin, who left their homes and estates, emigrating to give support to Allah and His Messenger to establish His religion. They gave up their wealth and themselves in this cause. There are also the Ansar, the Muslims of Al-Madinah, who gave asylum to their Muhajirin brethren in their own homes and comforted them with their wealth.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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