An-Nisa 4:89 ودوا لو تكفرون كما كفروا فتكونون سواء فلا تتخذوا منهم اولياء حتى يهاجروا في سبيل الله فان تولوا فخذوهم واقتلوهم حيث وجدتموهم ولا تتخذوا منهم وليا ولا نصيرا ٨٩
وَدُّواْ
لَوۡ
تَكۡفُرُونَ
كَمَا
كَفَرُواْ
فَتَكُونُونَ
سَوَآءٗۖ
فَلَا
تَتَّخِذُواْ
مِنۡهُمۡ
أَوۡلِيَآءَ
حَتَّىٰ
يُهَاجِرُواْ
فِي
سَبِيلِ
ٱللَّهِۚ
فَإِن
تَوَلَّوۡاْ
فَخُذُوهُمۡ
وَٱقۡتُلُوهُمۡ
حَيۡثُ
وَجَدتُّمُوهُمۡۖ
وَلَا
تَتَّخِذُواْ
مِنۡهُمۡ
وَلِيّٗا
وَلَا
نَصِيرًا
٨٩
They wish you would disbelieve as they have disbelieved, so you may all be alike. So do not take them as allies unless they emigrate in the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and do not take any of them as allies or helpers,1
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