Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 81
وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلنَّبِىِّ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَا ٱتَّخَذُوهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ فَـٰسِقُونَ
And if they had believed in Allāh and the Prophet and in what was revealed to him, they would not have taken them as allies; but many of them are defiantly disobedient.
Al-Ma'idah · 5:81
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- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey had
- يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieved
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
- وَٱلنَّبِىِّwal-nabiyiand the Prophet
- وَمَآwamāand what
- أُنزِلَunzilahas been revealed
- إِلَيْهِilayhito him
- مَاmānot
- ٱتَّخَذُوهُمْittakhadhūhumthey (would have) taken them
- أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) allies
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna[and] but
- كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
- مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
- فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūna(are) defiantly disobedient
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