Quran 5:81 — Al-Maaida, verse 81
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If they had believed in God, in the Prophet, and in what was sent down to him, they would never have allied themselves with the disbelievers, but most of them are rebels.
وَلَوْ كَانُوا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالنَّبِيِّ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَا اتَّخَذُوهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ
walaw kānū yu'minūna bil-lahi wal-nabiyi wamā unzila ilayhi mā ittakhadhūhum awliyāa walākinna kathīran min'hum fāsiqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet had they believed in God and the Prophet and what has been sent down to him, they would not have taken them as friends; but many of them are ungodly.
- Muhammad Asad
- For, if they [truly] believed in God and their Prophet and all that was bestowed upon him from on high, they would not take those [deniers of the truth] for their allies: but most of them are iniquitous.
- Sahih International
- And if they had believed in Allāh and the Prophet and in what was revealed to him, they would not have taken them as allies; but many of them are defiantly disobedient.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they had | كون |
| 3 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | believed | أمن |
| 4 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 5 | وَٱلنَّبِىِّwal-nabiyi | and the Prophet | نبأ |
| 6 | وَمَآwamā | and what | — |
| 7 | أُنزِلَunzila | has been revealed | نزل |
| 8 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | to him | — |
| 9 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 10 | ٱتَّخَذُوهُمْittakhadhūhum | they (would have) taken them | أخذ |
| 11 | أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa | (as) allies | ولي |
| 12 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | [and] but | — |
| 13 | كَثِيرًۭاkathīran | many | كثر |
| 14 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | of them | — |
| 15 | فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūna | (are) defiantly disobedient | فسق |