← Surah 9

9:23

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ ءَابَآءَكُمْ وَإِخْوَٰنَكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ إِنِ ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْكُفْرَ عَلَى ٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

Word by word

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
O you
Noun
Root: أيي
Grammar (i'rab)
يَٰٓPreposition — vocative، prefix
أَيُّNoun — accusative
هَاPreposition — ATT، suffix
ٱلَّذِينَ
who
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلَّذِينَNoun — relative، masc. plur.
ءَامَنُوا۟
believe
Verb
Root: أمن
Grammar (i'rab)
ءَامَنُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
لَا
(Do) not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَاPreposition — prohibition
تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟
take
Verb
Root: أخذ
Grammar (i'rab)
تَتَّخِذُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. plur.
وٓا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
ءَابَآءَكُمْ
your fathers
Noun
Root: أبو
Grammar (i'rab)
ءَابَآءَNoun — masc. plur.، accusative
كُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
وَإِخْوَٰنَكُمْ
and your brothers
Noun
Root: أخو
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
إِخْوَٰنَNoun — masc. plur.، accusative
كُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
أَوْلِيَآءَ
(as) allies
Noun
Root: ولي
Grammar (i'rab)
أَوْلِيَآءَNoun — masc. plur.، accusative
إِنِ
if
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِنِPreposition — conditional
ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟
they prefer
Verb
Root: حبب
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱسْتَحَبُّVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
ٱلْكُفْرَ
[the] disbelief
Noun
Root: كفر
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
كُفْرَNoun — masculine، accusative
عَلَى
over
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَىPreposition — preposition
ٱلْإِيمَٰنِ
[the] belief
Noun
Root: أمن
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
إِيمَٰنِNoun — verbal noun، masculine، genitive
وَمَن
And whoever
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
مَنNoun — relative
يَتَوَلَّهُم
takes them as allies
Verb
Root: ولي
Grammar (i'rab)
يَتَوَلَّVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
هُمNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
مِّنكُمْ
among you
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِّنPreposition — preposition
كُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. plur.
فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
then those
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — resumption، prefix
أُو۟لَٰٓئِNoun — demonstrative، preposition
كَPreposition — addressee، suffix، masculine
هُمُ
[they]
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
هُمُNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. plur.
ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
(are) the wrongdoers
Noun
Root: ظلم
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلPreposition — definite، prefix
ظَّٰلِمُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative

Translation

EN

O ye who believe! take not for protectors your fathers and your brothers if they love infidelity above Faith: if any of you do so, they do wrong.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Believers, do not take your fathers and brothers as allies if they prefer disbelief to faith: those of you who do so are doing wrong.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

O ye who believe! Choose not your fathers nor your brethren for friends if they take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith. Whoso of you taketh them for friends, such are wrong-doers.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

O you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as allies if they have preferred disbelief over belief. And whoever does so among you - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Ey inananlar! Babalarınızı, kardeşlerinizi küfrü imana tercih ediyorlarsa dost edinmeyin. Sizden onları kim dost edinirse doğrusu kendine yazık etmiş olurlar.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Ey iman edenler! Eğer babalarınız ve kardeşleriniz imana karşılık küfürden hoşlanıyorlarsa, onları dost edinmeyiniz. Sizden her kim onları dost edinirse işte onlar da zalimlerin ta kendileridir.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Ey iman edenler! Küfrü imana tercih ediyorlarsa babalarınızı ve kardeşlerinizi (bile) dostlar edinmeyin! Sizden kim onları dost edinirse işte onlar zalimlerin ta kendileridir.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

يا أيها الذين صدَّقوا الله ورسوله وعملوا بشرعه لا تتخذوا أقرباءكم -من الآباء والإخوان وغيرهم- أولياء، تفشون إليهم أسرار المسلمين، وتستشيرونهم في أموركم، ما داموا على الكفر معادين للإسلام. ومن يتخذهم أولياء ويُلْقِ إليهم المودة فقد عصى الله تعالى، وظلم نفسه ظلمًا عظيمًا.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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