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An-Nisa 139

Ayah 139 of 176 · Medinan

ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۚ أَيَبۡتَغُونَ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡعِزَّةَ فَإِنَّ ٱلۡعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعٗا ١٣٩

Those who take disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do they seek with them honor [through power]? But indeed, honor belongs to Allāh entirely.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Being the source of all power and honor, Allāh grants them to whom He wills.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱلَّذِينَThose whoalladhīna
  2. يَتَّخِذُونَtakeyattakhidhūna
  3. ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversl-kāfirīna
  4. أَوۡلِيَآءَ(as) alliesawliyāa
  5. مِن(from)min
  6. دُونِinstead ofdūni
  7. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۚthe believersl-mu'minīna
  8. أَيَبۡتَغُونَDo they seekayabtaghūna
  9. عِندَهُمُwith themʿindahumu
  10. ٱلۡعِزَّةَthe honorl-ʿizata
  11. فَإِنَّBut indeedfa-inna
  12. ٱلۡعِزَّةَthe honorl-ʿizata
  13. لِلَّهِ(is) for Allahlillahi
  14. جَمِيعٗاalljamīʿan

Tafsir

This punishment is because they took the disbelievers as their helpers and supporters instead of the believers. How strange that they took them as allies!. Do they search for assistance and protection with them? All assistance and protection belongs only to Allah and comes only from Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran