Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 23
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ ءَابَآءَكُمْ وَإِخْوَٰنَكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ إِنِ ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْكُفْرَ عَلَى ٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
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.
At-Tawbah · 9:23
Word by word
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhūtake
- ءَابَآءَكُمْābāakumyour fathers
- وَإِخْوَٰنَكُمْwa-ikh'wānakumand your brothers
- أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) allies
- إِنِiniif
- ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟is'taḥabbūthey prefer
- ٱلْكُفْرَl-kuf'ra[the] disbelief
- عَلَىʿalāover
- ٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚl-īmāni[the] belief
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- يَتَوَلَّهُمyatawallahumtakes them as allies
- مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
- فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
- هُمُhumu[they]
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers
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