Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 118
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا وَدُّوا۟ مَا عَنِتُّمْ قَدْ بَدَتِ ٱلْبَغْضَآءُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَمَا تُخْفِى صُدُورُهُمْ أَكْبَرُ ۚ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
O you who have believed, do not take as intimates those other than yourselves [i.e., believers], for they will not spare you [any] ruin. They wish you would have hardship. Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater. We have certainly made clear to you the signs, if you will use reason.
Ali 'Imran · 3:118
Word by word
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūtake
- بِطَانَةًۭbiṭānatan(as) intimates
- مِّنminfrom
- دُونِكُمْdūnikumother than yourselves
- لَاlānot
- يَأْلُونَكُمْyalūnakumthey will spare you
- خَبَالًۭاkhabālan(any) ruin
- وَدُّوا۟waddūThey wish
- مَاmāwhat
- عَنِتُّمْʿanittumdistresses you
- قَدْqadIndeed
- بَدَتِbadati(has become) apparent
- ٱلْبَغْضَآءُl-baghḍāuthe hatred
- مِنْminfrom
- أَفْوَٰهِهِمْafwāhihimtheir mouths
- وَمَاwamāand what
- تُخْفِىtukh'fīconceals
- صُدُورُهُمْṣudūruhumtheir breasts
- أَكْبَرُ ۚakbaru(is) greater
- قَدْqadCertainly
- بَيَّنَّاbayyannāWe made clear
- لَكُمُlakumufor you
- ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۖl-āyātithe Verses
- إِنinif
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
- تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna(to use) reason
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