يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُوٓاْ
إِن
تُطِيعُواْ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
يَرُدُّوكُمۡ
عَلَىٰٓ
أَعۡقَٰبِكُمۡ
فَتَنقَلِبُواْ
خَٰسِرِينَ
١٤٩
O believers! If you yield to the disbelievers, they will drag you back to disbelief—and you will become losers.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Prohibition of Obeying the Disbelievers; the Cause of Defeat at Uhud
Allah warns His believing servants against obeying the disbelievers and hypocrites, because such obedience leads to utter destruction in this life and the Hereafter. This is why Allah said,
إِن تُطِيعُواْ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَرُ
…The Prohibition of Obeying the Disbelievers; the Cause of Defeat at Uhud
Allah warns His believing servants against obeying the disbelievers and hypocr
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