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Al-Mumtahanah 13

Ayah 13 of 13 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَوَلَّوۡاْ قَوۡمًا غَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ قَدۡ يَئِسُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ كَمَا يَئِسَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡقُبُورِ ١٣

O you who have believed, do not make allies of a people with whom Allāh has become angry. They have despaired of [reward in] the Hereafter just as the disbelievers have despaired of [meeting] the companions [i.e., inhabitants] of the graves.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose who(believe)alladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
  4. لَا(Do) notlā
  5. تَتَوَلَّوۡاْmake alliestatawallaw
  6. قَوۡمًا(of) a peopleqawman
  7. غَضِبَ(The) wrathghaḍiba
  8. ٱللَّهُ(of) Allahl-lahu
  9. عَلَيۡهِمۡ(is) upon themʿalayhim
  10. قَدۡIndeedqad
  11. يَئِسُواْthey despairya-isū
  12. مِنَofmina
  13. ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِthe Hereafterl-ākhirati
  14. كَمَاaskamā
  15. يَئِسَdespairya-isa
  16. ٱلۡكُفَّارُthe disbelieversl-kufāru
  17. مِنۡofmin
  18. أَصۡحَٰبِ(the) companionsaṣḥābi
  19. ٱلۡقُبُورِ(of) the gravesl-qubūri

Tafsir

Since the Sūrah commenced with a warning against becoming allies with Allah’s enemies, it ends with a warning against the same to reiterate what was said previously. Allah said: O you who have faith in Allah, and who act on what He has ordained for you, do not take as allies a people with whom Allah is angry. They do not have conviction in the afterlife. Instead they despair of it just like their despair of the return of their dead to them, because they reject resurrection.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran