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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 71of 129

وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍۢ ۚ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَيُطِيعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌۭ﴿٧١

Translation (Sahih International)

The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakah and obey Allah and His Messenger. Those - Allah will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَwal-mu'minūnaAnd the believing men
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُwal-mu'minātuand the believing women
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
أَوْلِيَآءُawliyāu(are) allies
بَعْضٍۢ ۚbaʿḍin(of) others
يَأْمُرُونَyamurūnaThey enjoin
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfithe right
وَيَنْهَوْنَwayanhawnaand forbid
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong
وَيُقِيمُونَwayuqīmūnaand they establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَيُؤْتُونَwayu'tūnaand give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe zakah
وَيُطِيعُونَwayuṭīʿūnaand they obey
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚwarasūlahuand His Messenger
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
سَيَرْحَمُهُمُsayarḥamuhumuAllah will have mercy on them
ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahuAllah will have mercy on them
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Qualities of Faithful BelieversAfter Allah mentioned the evil characteristics of the hypocrites, He then mentioned the good qualities of the believers, وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَـتِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ(The believers, men and women, are supporters of one another;) they help and aid each other. Surely, an authentic Hadith states, «الْمُؤْمِنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ كَالْبُنْيَانِ يَشُدُّ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا»(The believer to the believer is just like a building, its parts support each other.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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