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Al-Anfal 73

Ayah 73 of 75 · Medinan

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءُ بَعۡضٍۚ إِلَّا تَفۡعَلُوهُ تَكُن فِتۡنَةٞ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَفَسَادٞ كَبِيرٞ ٧٣

And those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do not do so [i.e., ally yourselves with other believers], there will be fitnah [i.e., disbelief and oppression] on earth and great corruption.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those whowa-alladhīna
  2. كَفَرُواْdisbelievekafarū
  3. بَعۡضُهُمۡsome of thembaʿḍuhum
  4. أَوۡلِيَآءُ(are) alliesawliyāu
  5. بَعۡضٍۚ(to) anotherbaʿḍin
  6. إِلَّاIf notillā
  7. تَفۡعَلُوهُyou do ittafʿalūhu
  8. تَكُن(there) will betakun
  9. فِتۡنَةٞoppressionfit'natun
  10. فِيinfī
  11. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  12. وَفَسَادٞand corruptionwafasādun
  13. كَبِيرٞgreatkabīrun

Tafsir

The disbelievers are united in their disbelief and they therefore become friends of one another. A believer should not become friends with them. If you do not become friends with the believers and oppose the disbelievers, the believers will suffer weakness as a result of a lack of support and there will be great corruption on earth as people will be prevented from Allah’s path.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran