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An-Nisa 144

Ayah 144 of 176 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَّخِذُواْ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۚ أَتُرِيدُونَ أَن تَجۡعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٗا مُّبِينًا ١٤٤

O you who have believed, do not take the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do you wish to give Allāh against yourselves a clear case?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose who(believe)alladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  4. لَا(Do) notlā
  5. تَتَّخِذُواْtaketattakhidhū
  6. ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversl-kāfirīna
  7. أَوۡلِيَآءَ(as) alliesawliyāa
  8. مِنfrommin
  9. دُونِinstead ofdūni
  10. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۚthe believersl-mu'minīna
  11. أَتُرِيدُونَDo you wishaturīdūna
  12. أَنthatan
  13. تَجۡعَلُواْyou maketajʿalū
  14. لِلَّهِfor Allahlillahi
  15. عَلَيۡكُمۡagainst youʿalaykum
  16. سُلۡطَٰنٗاan evidencesul'ṭānan
  17. مُّبِينًاclearmubīnan

Tafsir

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Messenger, do not take the disbelievers as your close friends instead of the believers. By doing so, do you wish to give Allah clear evidence against you, proving that you are deserving of punishment?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran