Qur'an 60:1 Al-Mumtahanah
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ عَدُوِّى وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِم بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِمَا جَآءَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْحَقِّ يُخْرِجُونَ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۙ أَن تُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ رَبِّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ خَرَجْتُمْ جِهَٰدًۭا فِى سَبِيلِى وَٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِى ۚ تُسِرُّونَ إِلَيْهِم بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ وَأَنَا۠ أَعْلَمُ بِمَآ أَخْفَيْتُمْ وَمَآ أَعْلَنتُمْ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْهُ مِنكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ
O you who have believed, do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies, extending to them affection while they have disbelieved in what came to you of the truth, having driven out the Prophet and yourselves [only] because you believe in Allah, your Lord. If you have come out for jihad in My cause and seeking means to My approval, [take them not as friends]. You confide to them affection, but I am most knowing of what you have concealed and what you have declared. And whoever does it among you has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way.
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What it says
The address opens on a direct command: do not take My enemy, and yours, as allies, extending affection to people who have rejected the truth that reached you and driven out the Messenger for the crime of believing in Allah. The verse names the specific danger, secretly sending word of loyalty to men openly at war with the faith, and states that Allah already knows what is hidden and what is said aloud. Whoever does this has left the right path entirely, not stumbled on a side issue.
Word by word
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا yā-ayyuhā O you · ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna who · ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believe · لَا lā do not · تَتَّخِذُوا۟ tattakhidhū take · عَدُوِّى ʿaduwwī My enemy · وَعَدُوَّكُمْ wa-ʿaduwwakum and your enemy · أَوْلِيَآءَ awliyāʾa as allies · تُلْقُونَ tulqūna offering · إِلَيْهِم ilayhim to them · بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ bil-mawaddati affection · وَقَدْ wa-qad when · كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū they have rejected · بِمَا bimā what · جَآءَكُم jāʾakum came to you · مِّنَ mina of · ٱلْحَقِّ al-ḥaqqi the truth · يُخْرِجُونَ yukhrijūna driving out · ٱلرَّسُولَ ar-rasūla the Messenger · وَإِيَّاكُمْ wa-iyyākum and you · أَن an because · تُؤْمِنُوا۟ tuʾminū you believe · بِٱللَّهِ billāhi in Allah · رَبِّكُمْ rabbikum your Lord · إِن in if · كُنتُمْ kuntum you have · خَرَجْتُمْ kharajtum gone out · جِهَٰدًا jihādan striving · فِى fī in · سَبِيلِى sabīlī My cause · وَٱبْتِغَآءَ wa-btighāʾa and seeking · مَرْضَاتِى marḍātī My pleasure · تُسِرُّونَ tusirrūna you secretly send · إِلَيْهِم ilayhim to them · بِٱلْمَوَدَّةِ bil-mawaddati affection · وَأَنَا۠ wa-anā while I · أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu know best · بِمَآ bimā what · أَخْفَيْتُمْ akhfaytum you conceal · وَمَآ wa-mā and what · أَعْلَنتُمْ aʿlantum you disclose · وَمَن wa-man and whoever · يَفْعَلْهُ yafʿalhu does that · مِنكُمْ minkum among you · فَقَدْ fa-qad has certainly · ضَلَّ ḍalla strayed · سَوَآءَ sawāʾa the right · ٱلسَّبِيلِ as-sabīl way
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