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
Believers should not take disbelievers as guardians instead of the believers—and whoever does so will have nothing to hope for from Allah—unless it is a precaution against their tyranny. And Allah warns you about Himself. And to Allah is the final return.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Let not believers take disbelievers as allies [i.e., supporters or protectors] rather than believers. And whoever [of you] does that has nothing [i.e., no association] with Allāh, except when taking precaution against them in prudence.1 And Allāh warns you of Himself, and to Allāh is the [final] destination.
— Saheeh International
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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