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At-Tawbah 23

Ayah 23 of 129 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓاْ ءَابَآءَكُمۡ وَإِخۡوَٰنَكُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ إِنِ ٱسۡتَحَبُّواْ ٱلۡكُفۡرَ عَلَى ٱلۡإِيمَٰنِۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمۡ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٢٣

O you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as allies if they have preferred disbelief over belief. And whoever does so among you - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

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. تَتَّخِذُوٓاْtaketattakhidhū
  6. ءَابَآءَكُمۡyour fathersābāakum
  7. وَإِخۡوَٰنَكُمۡand your brotherswa-ikh'wānakum
  8. أَوۡلِيَآءَ(as) alliesawliyāa
  9. إِنِifini
  10. ٱسۡتَحَبُّواْthey preferis'taḥabbū
  11. ٱلۡكُفۡرَ[the] disbeliefl-kuf'ra
  12. عَلَىoverʿalā
  13. ٱلۡإِيمَٰنِۚ[the] beliefl-īmāni
  14. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  15. يَتَوَلَّهُمtakes them as alliesyatawallahum
  16. مِّنكُمۡamong youminkum
  17. فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَthen thosefa-ulāika
  18. هُمُ[they]humu
  19. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ(are) the wrongdoersl-ẓālimūna

Tafsir

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Messenger, do not take your fathers and brothers, relatives and other relations, as intimates and protectors, telling them the secrets of the believers and consulting them, if they prefer disbelief to faith in Allah alone. Whoever makes them protectors despite their disbelief, drawing close to them, disobeys Allah, wrongs themselves and brings destruction upon themselves because of their disobedience.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran