Surah An-Nisa, ayah 89
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا۟ فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَآءً ۖ فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allāh. But if they turn away [i.e., refuse], then seize them and kill them [for their betrayal] wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper,
An-Nisa · 4:89
Word by word
- وَدُّوا۟waddūThey wish
- لَوْlawif
- تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnayou disbelieve
- كَمَاkamāas
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved
- فَتَكُونُونَfatakūnūnaand you would be
- سَوَآءًۭ ۖsawāanalike
- فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
- تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūtake
- مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
- أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaallies
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يُهَاجِرُوا۟yuhājirūthey emigrate
- فِىfīin
- سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
- ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
- فَإِنfa-inBut if
- تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turn back
- فَخُذُوهُمْfakhudhūhumseize them
- وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhumand kill them
- حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
- وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ ۖwajadttumūhumyou find them
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūtake
- مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
- وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyanany ally
- وَلَاwalāand not
- نَصِيرًاnaṣīranany helper
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