Quran 4:144 — An-Nisaa, verse 144
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You who believe, do not take the disbelievers as allies and protectors instead of the believers: do you want to offer God clear proof against you?
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚ أَتُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَجْعَلُوا لِلَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ سُلْطَانًا مُبِينًا
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā tattakhidhū l-kāfirīna awliyāa min dūni l-mu'minīna aturīdūna an tajʿalū lillahi ʿalaykum sul'ṭānan mubīnan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, take not the unbelievers as friends instead of the believers; or do you desire to give God over you a clear authority?
- Muhammad Asad
- O you who have attained to faith! Do not take the deniers of the truth for your allies in preference to the believers! Do you want to place before God a manifest proof of your guilt?
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, do not take the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do you wish to give Allāh against yourselves a clear case?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe[d] | أمن |
| 4 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 5 | تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhū | take | أخذ |
| 6 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna | the disbelievers | كفر |
| 7 | أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa | (as) allies | ولي |
| 8 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 9 | دُونِdūni | instead of | دون |
| 10 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |
| 11 | أَتُرِيدُونَaturīdūna | Do you wish | رود |
| 12 | أَنan | that | — |
| 13 | تَجْعَلُوا۟tajʿalū | you make | جعل |
| 14 | لِلَّهِlillahi | for Allah | أله |
| 15 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | against you | — |
| 16 | سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānan | an evidence | سلط |
| 17 | مُّبِينًاmubīnan | clear | بين |