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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 73of 75

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُن فِتْنَةٌۭ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌۭ كَبِيرٌۭ﴿٧٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do not do so, there will be fitnah on earth and great corruption.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
أَوْلِيَآءُawliyāu(are) allies
بَعْضٍ ۚbaʿḍin(to) another
إِلَّاillāIf not
تَفْعَلُوهُtafʿalūhuyou do it
تَكُنtakun(there) will be
فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natunoppression
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَفَسَادٌۭwafasādunand corruption
كَبِيرٌۭkabīrungreat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Disbelievers are Allies of Each Other; the Muslims are not their AlliesAfter Allah mentioned that the believers are the supporters of one another, He severed all ties of support between them and the disbelievers. In his Mustadrak, Al-Hakim recorded that Usamah said that the Prophet said,«لَا يَتَوَارَثُ أَهْلُ مِلَّتَيْنِ، وَلَا يَرِثُ مُسْلِمٌ كَافِرًا، وَلَا كَافِرٌ مُسْلِمًا»(No followers of two religions inherit from each other.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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