Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:51

5:51

۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ ٱلْيَهُودَ وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنْهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tattakhidhū l-yahūda wal-naṣārā awliyāa baʿḍuhum awliyāu baʿḍin waman yatawallahum minkum fa-innahu min'hum inna l-laha lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna

O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allāh guides not the wrongdoing people.

— Saheeh International

You who believe, do not take the Jews and Christians as allies:they are allies only to each other. Anyone who takes them as an ally becomes one of them- God does not guide such wrongdoers-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Auliyâ’ (friends, protectors, helpers), they are but Auliyâ’ of each other. And if any amongst you takes them (as Auliyâ’), then surely he is one of them. Verily, Allâh guides not those people who are the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers and unjust).

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

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۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
لَاlā(Do) not
تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūtake
ٱلْيَهُودَl-yahūdathe Jews
وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰٓwal-naṣārāand the Christians
أَوْلِيَآءَۘawliyāa(as) allies
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumSome of them
أَوْلِيَآءُawliyāu(are) allies
بَعْضٍۢۚbaʿḍin(to) others
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَتَوَلَّهُمyatawallahumtakes them as allies
مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed, he
مِنْهُمْۗmin'hum(is) of them
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَاlā(does) not
يَهْدِىyahdīguide
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoing