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

Quran 5:81

5:81

وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلنَّبِىِّ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَا ٱتَّخَذُوهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ فَـٰسِقُونَ

walaw kānū yu'minūna bil-lahi wal-nabiyi wamā unzila ilayhi mā ittakhadhūhum awliyāa walākinna kathīran min'hum fāsiqūna

And if they had believed in Allāh and the Prophet and in what was revealed to him, they would not have taken them as allies; but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

— Saheeh International

If they had believed in God, in the Prophet, and in what was sent down to him, they would never have allied themselves with the disbelievers, but most of them are rebels.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And had they believed in Allâh, and in the Prophet (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) and in what has been revealed to him, never would they have taken them (the disbelievers) as Auliyâ’ (protectors and helpers); but many of them are the Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).

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

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وَلَوْwalawAnd if
كَانُوا۟kānūthey had
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieved
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَٱلنَّبِىِّwal-nabiyiand the Prophet
وَمَآwamāand what
أُنزِلَunzilahas been revealed
إِلَيْهِilayhito him
مَاmānot
ٱتَّخَذُوهُمْittakhadhūhumthey (would have) taken them
أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) allies
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna[and] but
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūna(are) defiantly disobedient