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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 55of 120

إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُمْ رَٰكِعُونَ﴿٥٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Your ally is none but Allah and [therefore] His Messenger and those who have believed - those who establish prayer and give zakah, and they bow [in worship].

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
وَلِيُّكُمُwaliyyukumuyour ally
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His Messenger
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaand those who
يُقِيمُونَyuqīmūnaestablish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَيُؤْتُونَwayu'tūnaand give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatazakah
وَهُمْwahumand they
رَٰكِعُونَrākiʿūna(are) those who bow down

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Threatening to Replace the Believers With Another People if They Revert from IslamAllah emphasizes His mighty ability and states that whoever reverts from supporting His religion and establishing His Law, then Allah will replace them with whomever is better, mightier and more righteous in Allah's religion and Law.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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