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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 118of 200

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ بِطَانَةًۭ مِّن دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًۭا وَدُّوا۟ مَا عَنِتُّمْ قَدْ بَدَتِ ٱلْبَغْضَآءُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَمَا تُخْفِى صُدُورُهُمْ أَكْبَرُ ۚ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ﴿١١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, do not take as intimates those other than yourselves, for they will not spare you [any] ruin. They wish you would have hardship. Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater. We have certainly made clear to you the signs, if you will use reason.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
لَا(Do) not
تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūtake
بِطَانَةًۭbiṭānatan(as) intimates
مِّنminfrom
دُونِكُمْdūnikumother than yourselves
لَاnot
يَأْلُونَكُمْyalūnakumthey will spare you
خَبَالًۭاkhabālan(any) ruin
وَدُّوا۟waddūThey wish
مَاwhat
عَنِتُّمْʿanittumdistresses you
قَدْqadIndeed
بَدَتِbadati(has become) apparent
ٱلْبَغْضَآءُl-baghḍāuthe hatred
مِنْminfrom
أَفْوَٰهِهِمْafwāhihimtheir mouths
وَمَاwamāand what
تُخْفِىtukh'fīconceals
صُدُورُهُمْṣudūruhumtheir breasts
أَكْبَرُ ۚakbaru(is) greater
قَدْqadCertainly
بَيَّنَّاbayyannāWe made clear
لَكُمُlakumufor you
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۖl-āyātithe Verses
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna(to use) reason

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Prohibition of Taking Allies From Disbelievers Who Ridicule IslamAllah forbids His believing servants from taking the hypocrites as allies, so that the hypocrites do not have the opportunity to expose the secrets of the believers and their plans against their enemies. The hypocrites try their very best to confuse, oppose and harm the believers any way they can, and by using any wicked, evil means at their disposal. They wish the very worst and difficult conditions for the believers.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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