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Al-Mumtahanah 9

Ayah 9 of 13 · Medinan

إِنَّمَا يَنۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ قَٰتَلُوكُمۡ فِي ٱلدِّينِ وَأَخۡرَجُوكُم مِّن دِيَٰرِكُمۡ وَظَٰهَرُواْ عَلَىٰٓ إِخۡرَاجِكُمۡ أَن تَوَلَّوۡهُمۡۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمۡ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٩

Allāh only forbids you from those who fight you because of religion and expel you from your homes and aid in your expulsion - [forbids] that you make allies1 of them. And whoever makes allies of them, then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See footnote to verse 1 of this sūrah.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  2. يَنۡهَىٰكُمُforbids youyanhākumu
  3. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  4. عَنِfromʿani
  5. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  6. قَٰتَلُوكُمۡfight youqātalūkum
  7. فِيinfī
  8. ٱلدِّينِthe religionl-dīni
  9. وَأَخۡرَجُوكُمand drive you outwa-akhrajūkum
  10. مِّنofmin
  11. دِيَٰرِكُمۡyour homesdiyārikum
  12. وَظَٰهَرُواْand supportwaẓāharū
  13. عَلَىٰٓinʿalā
  14. إِخۡرَاجِكُمۡyour expulsionikh'rājikum
  15. أَنthatan
  16. تَوَلَّوۡهُمۡۚyou make them alliestawallawhum
  17. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  18. يَتَوَلَّهُمۡmakes them alliesyatawallahum
  19. فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَthen thosefa-ulāika
  20. هُمُ[they]humu
  21. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ(are) the wrongdoersl-ẓālimūna

Tafsir

Allah only prohibits you from those who fought you on account of your faith, expelled you from your homes and aided in your expulsion. He prohibits you from aligning yourselves with them. Those of you who align themselves with them, they are the ones who wrong themselves by bringing them to the point of destruction on account of their going against Allah’s instruction.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran