Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:23

9:23

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

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tattakhidhū ābāakum wa-ikh'wānakum awliyāa ini is'taḥabbū l-kuf'ra ʿalā l-īmāni waman yatawallahum minkum fa-ulāika humu l-ẓālimūna

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 International

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 Haleem

O you who believe! Take not as Auliyâ’ (supporters and helpers) your fathers and your brothers if they prefer disbelief to Belief. And whoever of you does so, then he is one of the Zâlimûn (wrong-doers).

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

Juz 10Page 190medinan

Word by Word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
لَاlā(Do) not
تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhūtake
ءَابَآءَكُمْābāakumyour fathers
وَإِخْوَٰنَكُمْwa-ikh'wānakumand your brothers
أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) allies
إِنِiniif
ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟is'taḥabbūthey prefer
ٱلْكُفْرَl-kuf'ra[the] disbelief
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْإِيمَـٰنِۚl-īmāni[the] belief
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَتَوَلَّهُمyatawallahumtakes them as allies
مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
هُمُhumu[they]
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers