Quran 4:89 — An-Nisaa, verse 89
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They would dearly like you to reject faith, as they themselves have done, to be like them. So do not take them as allies until they migrate [to Medina] for God’s cause. If they turn [on you], then seize and kill them wherever you encounter them. Take none of them as an ally or supporter.
وَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَاءً ۖ فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَخُذُوهُمْ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
waddū law takfurūna kamā kafarū fatakūnūna sawāan falā tattakhidhū min'hum awliyāa ḥattā yuhājirū fī sabīli l-lahi fa-in tawallaw fakhudhūhum wa-uq'tulūhum ḥaythu wajadttumūhum walā tattakhidhū min'hum waliyyan walā naṣīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They wish that you should disbelieve as they disbelieve, and then you would be equal; therefore take not to yourselves friends of them, until they emigrate in the way of God; then, if they turn their backs, take them, and slay them wherever you find them; take not to yourselves any one of them as friend or helper
- Muhammad Asad
- They would love to see you deny the truth even as they have denied it, so that you should be like them. Do not, therefore, take them for your allies until they forsake the domain of evil for the sake of God; and if they revert to [open] enmity, seize them and slay them wherever you may find them. And do not take any of them for your ally or giver of succour,
- Sahih International
- They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allāh. But if they turn away [i.e., refuse], then seize them and kill them [for their betrayal] wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَدُّوا۟waddū | They wish | ودد |
| 2 | لَوْlaw | if | — |
| 3 | تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūna | you disbelieve | كفر |
| 4 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 5 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | they disbelieved | كفر |
| 6 | فَتَكُونُونَfatakūnūna | and you would be | كون |
| 7 | سَوَآءًۭ ۖsawāan | alike | سوي |
| 8 | فَلَاfalā | So (do) not | — |
| 9 | تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhū | take | أخذ |
| 10 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | from them | — |
| 11 | أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa | allies | ولي |
| 12 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 13 | يُهَاجِرُوا۟yuhājirū | they emigrate | هجر |
| 14 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 15 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 16 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 17 | فَإِنfa-in | But if | — |
| 18 | تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallaw | they turn back | ولي |
| 19 | فَخُذُوهُمْfakhudhūhum | seize them | أخذ |
| 20 | وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhum | and kill them | قتل |
| 21 | حَيْثُḥaythu | wherever | حيث |
| 22 | وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ ۖwajadttumūhum | you find them | وجد |
| 23 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 24 | تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhū | take | أخذ |
| 25 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | from them | — |
| 26 | وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyan | any ally | ولي |
| 27 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 28 | نَصِيرًاnaṣīran | any helper | نصر |