لَّا
يَتَّخِذِ
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ
ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
أَوۡلِيَآءَ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۖ
وَمَن
يَفۡعَلۡ
ذَٰلِكَ
فَلَيۡسَ
مِنَ
ٱللَّهِ
فِي
شَيۡءٍ
إِلَّآ
أَن
تَتَّقُواْ
مِنۡهُمۡ
تُقَىٰةٗۗ
وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ
ٱللَّهُ
نَفۡسَهُۥۗ
وَإِلَى
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡمَصِيرُ
٢٨
Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers. Whoso doeth that hath no connection with Allah unless (it be) that ye but guard yourselves against them, taking (as it were) security. Allah biddeth you beware (only) of Himself. Unto Allah is the journeying.
— M. Pickthall
Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah: except by way of precaution, that ye may Guard yourselves from them. But Allah cautions you (To remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah.
— A. Yusuf Ali
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Prohibition of Supporting the Disbelievers
Allah prohibited His believing servants from becoming supporters of the disbelievers, or to take them as comrades with whom they develop friendships, rather than the believers. Allah warned against such behavior when He said,
وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَلَيْس
…The Prohibition of Supporting the Disbelievers
Allah prohibited His believing servants from becoming supporters of the disbelievers, or to take them as
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