Surah Al-Anfal (الأنفال) • The Spoils of War

Quran 8:73

8:73

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُن فِتْنَةٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ كَبِيرٌ

wa-alladhīna kafarū baʿḍuhum awliyāu baʿḍin illā tafʿalūhu takun fit'natun fī l-arḍi wafasādun kabīrun

And those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do not do so [i.e., ally yourselves with other believers], there will be fitnah [i.e., disbelief and oppression] on earth and great corruption.

— Saheeh International

The disbelievers support one another. If you do not do the same, there will be persecution in the land and great corruption.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those who disbelieve are allies of one another, (and) if you (Muslims of the whole world collectively) do not do so [i.e. become allies, as one united block under one Khalifah (a chief Muslim ruler for the whole Muslim world) to make victorious Allâh’s religion of Islâmic Monotheism], there will be Fitnah (wars, battles, polytheism) and oppression on the earth, and a great mischief and corruption (appearance of polytheism).

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

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Word by Word

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
أَوْلِيَآءُawliyāu(are) allies
بَعْضٍۚbaʿḍin(to) another
إِلَّاillāIf not
تَفْعَلُوهُtafʿalūhuyou do it
تَكُنtakun(there) will be
فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natunoppression
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَفَسَادٌۭwafasādunand corruption
كَبِيرٌۭkabīrungreat