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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 28of 200

لَّا يَتَّخِذِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ فِى شَىْءٍ إِلَّآ أَن تَتَّقُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ تُقَىٰةًۭ ۗ وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسَهُۥ ۗ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ﴿٢٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Let not believers take disbelievers as allies rather than believers. And whoever [of you] does that has nothing with Allah, except when taking precaution against them in prudence. And Allah warns you of Himself, and to Allah is the [final] destination.

Word-by-word meaning

لَّا(Let) not
يَتَّخِذِyattakhidhitake
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers
أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) allies
مِنminfrom
دُونِdūniinstead of
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖl-mu'minīnathe believers
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَفْعَلْyafʿaldoes
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
فَلَيْسَfalaysathen not he (has)
مِنَminafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
فِىin
شَىْءٍshayinanything
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
تَتَّقُوا۟tattaqūyou fear
مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
تُقَىٰةًۭ ۗtuqātan(as) a precaution
وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُwayuḥadhirukumuAnd warns you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
نَفْسَهُۥ ۗnafsahu(of) Himself
وَإِلَىwa-ilāand to
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the final return

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prohibition of Supporting the DisbelieversAllah prohibited His believing servants from becoming supporters of the disbelievers, or to take them as comrades with whom they develop friendships, rather than the believers. Allah warned against such behavior when He said,وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللَّهِ فِي شَىْءٍ(And whoever does that, will never be helped by Allah in any way) meaning, whoever commits this act that Allah has prohibited, then Allah will discard him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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