يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
لَا
تَتَّخِذُواْ
بِطَانَةٗ
مِّن
دُونِكُمۡ
لَا
يَأۡلُونَكُمۡ
خَبَالٗا
وَدُّواْ
مَا
عَنِتُّمۡ
قَدۡ
بَدَتِ
ٱلۡبَغۡضَآءُ
مِنۡ
أَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ
وَمَا
تُخۡفِي
صُدُورُهُمۡ
أَكۡبَرُۚ
قَدۡ
بَيَّنَّا
لَكُمُ
ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِۖ
إِن
كُنتُمۡ
تَعۡقِلُونَ
١١٨
O ye who believe! Take not for intimates others than your own folk, who would spare no pains to ruin you; they love to hamper you. Hatred is revealed by (the utterance of) their mouths, but that which their breasts hide is greater. We have made plain for you the revelations if ye will understand.
— M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside your ranks: They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin: Rank hatred has already appeared from their mouths: What their hearts conceal is far worse. We have made plain to you the Signs, if ye have wisdom.
— A. Yusuf Ali
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Prohibition of Taking Allies From Disbelievers Who Ridicule Islam
Allah forbids His believing servants from taking the hypocrites as allies so that the hypocrites do not have the opportunity to expose the secrets of the believers and their plans against their enemies. The hypocrites try their very b
…Prohibition of Taking Allies From Disbelievers Who Ridicule Islam
Allah forbids His believing servants from taking the hypocrites as allies so that th
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