Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:89

4:89

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا۟ فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَآءً ۖ فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

waddū law takfurūna kamā kafarū fatakūnūna sawāan falā tattakhidhū min'hum awliyāa ḥattā yuhājirū fī sabīli l-lahi fa-in tawallaw fakhudhūhum wa-uq'tulūhum ḥaythu wajadttumūhum walā tattakhidhū min'hum waliyyan walā naṣīran

They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allāh. But if they turn away [i.e., refuse], then seize them and kill them [for their betrayal] wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper,

— Saheeh International

They would dearly like you to reject faith, as they themselves have done, to be like them. So do not take them as allies until they migrate [to Medina] for God’s cause. If they turn [on you], then seize and kill them wherever you encounter them. Take none of them as an ally or supporter.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They wish that you reject Faith, as they have rejected (Faith), and thus that you all become equal (like one another). So take not Auliyâ’ (protectors or friends) from them, till they emigrate in the Way of Allâh (to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم). But if they turn back (from Islâm), take (hold of) them and kill them wherever you find them, and take neither Auliyâ’ (protectors or friends) nor helpers from them.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَدُّوا۟waddūThey wish
لَوْlawif
تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnayou disbelieve
كَمَاkamāas
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved
فَتَكُونُونَfatakūnūnaand you would be
سَوَآءًۭۖsawāanalike
فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūtake
مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaallies
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يُهَاجِرُوا۟yuhājirūthey emigrate
فِىfīin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(of) Allah
فَإِنfa-inBut if
تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turn back
فَخُذُوهُمْfakhudhūhumseize them
وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhumand kill them
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْۖwajadttumūhumyou find them
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūtake
مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyanany ally
وَلَاwalāand not
نَصِيرًاnaṣīranany helper