Quran 4:139 — An-Nisaa, verse 139
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do those who ally themselves with the disbelievers rather than the believers seek power through them? In reality all power is God’s to give.
الَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚ أَيَبْتَغُونَ عِنْدَهُمُ الْعِزَّةَ فَإِنَّ الْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا
alladhīna yattakhidhūna l-kāfirīna awliyāa min dūni l-mu'minīna ayabtaghūna ʿindahumu l-ʿizata fa-inna l-ʿizata lillahi jamīʿan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who take unbelievers for their friends instead of believers -- do they seek glory in them? But glory altogether belongs to God.
- Muhammad Asad
- As for those who take the deniers of the truth for their allies in preference to the believers - do they hope to be honoured by them when, behold, all honour belongs to God [alone]?
- Sahih International
- Those who take disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do they seek with them honor [through power]? But indeed, honor belongs to Allāh entirely.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 2 | يَتَّخِذُونَyattakhidhūna | take | أخذ |
| 3 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna | the disbelievers | كفر |
| 4 | أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa | (as) allies | ولي |
| 5 | مِنmin | (from) | — |
| 6 | دُونِdūni | instead of | دون |
| 7 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |
| 8 | أَيَبْتَغُونَayabtaghūna | Do they seek | بغي |
| 9 | عِندَهُمُʿindahumu | with them | عند |
| 10 | ٱلْعِزَّةَl-ʿizata | the honor | عزز |
| 11 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | But indeed | — |
| 12 | ٱلْعِزَّةَl-ʿizata | the honor | عزز |
| 13 | لِلَّهِlillahi | (is) for Allah | أله |
| 14 | جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿan | all | جمع |