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Al-Anfal 72

Ayah 72 of 75 · Medinan

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَهَاجَرُواْ وَجَٰهَدُواْ بِأَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ وَأَنفُسِهِمۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاوَواْ وَّنَصَرُوٓاْ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءُ بَعۡضٖۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَلَمۡ يُهَاجِرُواْ مَا لَكُم مِّن وَلَٰيَتِهِم مِّن شَيۡءٍ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُواْۚ وَإِنِ ٱسۡتَنصَرُوكُمۡ فِي ٱلدِّينِ فَعَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلنَّصۡرُ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ قَوۡمِۭ بَيۡنَكُمۡ وَبَيۡنَهُم مِّيثَٰقٞۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٞ ٧٢

Indeed, those who have believed and emigrated and fought with their wealth and lives in the cause of Allāh and those who gave shelter and aided - they are allies of one another. But those who believed and did not emigrate - for you there is no support of them until they emigrate. And if they seek help of you for the religion, then you must help, except against a people between yourselves and whom is a treaty. And Allāh is Seeing of what you do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُواْbelievedāmanū
  4. وَهَاجَرُواْand emigratedwahājarū
  5. وَجَٰهَدُواْand strove hardwajāhadū
  6. بِأَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡwith their wealthbi-amwālihim
  7. وَأَنفُسِهِمۡand their liveswa-anfusihim
  8. فِيinfī
  9. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  10. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  11. وَٱلَّذِينَand those whowa-alladhīna
  12. ءَاوَواْgave shelterāwaw
  13. وَّنَصَرُوٓاْand helpedwanaṣarū
  14. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَthose ulāika
  15. بَعۡضُهُمۡsome of thembaʿḍuhum
  16. أَوۡلِيَآءُ(are) alliesawliyāu
  17. بَعۡضٖۚ(of) anotherbaʿḍin
  18. وَٱلَّذِينَBut those whowa-alladhīna
  19. ءَامَنُواْbelievedāmanū
  20. وَلَمۡand (did) notwalam
  21. يُهَاجِرُواْemigrateyuhājirū
  22. مَا(it is) notmā
  23. لَكُمfor youlakum
  24. مِّن(of)min
  25. وَلَٰيَتِهِمtheir protectionwalāyatihim
  26. مِّن(in)min
  27. شَيۡءٍ(in) anythingshayin
  28. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  29. يُهَاجِرُواْۚthey emigrateyuhājirū
  30. وَإِنِAnd ifwa-ini
  31. ٱسۡتَنصَرُوكُمۡthey seek your helpis'tanṣarūkum
  32. فِيinfī
  33. ٱلدِّينِthe religionl-dīni
  34. فَعَلَيۡكُمُthen upon youfaʿalaykumu
  35. ٱلنَّصۡرُ(is to) help theml-naṣru
  36. إِلَّاexceptillā
  37. عَلَىٰagainstʿalā
  38. قَوۡمِۭa peopleqawmin
  39. بَيۡنَكُمۡbetween youbaynakum
  40. وَبَيۡنَهُمand between themwabaynahum
  41. مِّيثَٰقٞۗ(is) a treatymīthāqun
  42. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  43. بِمَاof whatbimā
  44. تَعۡمَلُونَyou dotaʿmalūna
  45. بَصِيرٞ(is) All-Seerbaṣīrun

Tafsir

Those who believed in Allah, accepted His Messenger, practised His sacred law, emigrated from the land of disbelief to the land of Islam, or to a place in which they can worship Allah safely, and strived in Allah’s path by spending their wealth and giving their lives to raise Allah’s Word, and those who hosted them in their homes and supported them – those emigrants and those locals who supported them are friends of one another in terms of providing support and assistance. As for those who believed in Allah but did not emigrate from the land of disbelief to the land of Islam, you have no obligation, O believers, to support and protect them until they emigrate in Allah’s path. If the disbelievers oppress them and they seek your help, then help them against their enemies, unless there is a pact between you and their enemy that is still in place. Allah sees what you do. No action of yours is hidden from Him and He will repay you for them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran