Quran 8:72 — Al-Anfaal, verse 72
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who believed and emigrated [to Medina] and struggled for God’s cause with their possessions and persons, and those who gave refuge and help, are all allies of one another. As for those who believed but did not emigrate, you are not responsible for their protection until they have done so. But if they seek help from you against persecution, it is your duty to assist them, except against people with whom you have a treaty: God sees all that you do.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَهَاجَرُوا وَجَاهَدُوا بِأَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ آوَوْا وَنَصَرُوا أُولَـٰئِكَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يُهَاجِرُوا مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ وَلَايَتِهِمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا ۚ وَإِنِ اسْتَنْصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ مِيثَاقٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
inna alladhīna āmanū wahājarū wajāhadū bi-amwālihim wa-anfusihim fī sabīli l-lahi wa-alladhīna āwaw wanaṣarū ulāika baʿḍuhum awliyāu baʿḍin wa-alladhīna āmanū walam yuhājirū mā lakum min walāyatihim min shayin ḥattā yuhājirū wa-ini is'tanṣarūkum fī l-dīni faʿalaykumu l-naṣru illā ʿalā qawmin baynakum wabaynahum mīthāqun wal-lahu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who believe, and have emigrated and struggled with their possessions and their selves in the way of God, and those who have given refuge and help -- those are friends one of another. And those who believe, but have not emigrated -- you have no duty of friendship towards them till they emigrate; yet if they ask you for help, for religion's sake, it is your duty to help them, except against a people between whom and you there is a compact; and God sees the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- BEHOLD, as for those who have attained to faith, and who have forsaken the domain of evil and are striving hard, with their possessions and their lives, in God's cause, as well as those who shelter and succour [them] - these are [truly] the friends and protectors of one another. But as for those who have come to believe without having migrated [to your country] - you are in no wise responsible for their protection until such a time as they migrate [to you]. Yet, if they ask you for succour against religious persecution, it is your duty to give [them] this succour-except against a people between whom and yourselves there is a covenant: for God sees all that you do.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, those who have believed and emigrated and fought with their wealth and lives in the cause of Allāh and those who gave shelter and aided - they are allies of one another. But those who believed and did not emigrate - for you there is no support of them until they emigrate. And if they seek help of you for the religion, then you must help, except against a people between yourselves and whom is a treaty. And Allāh is Seeing of what you do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believed | أمن |
| 4 | وَهَاجَرُوا۟wahājarū | and emigrated | هجر |
| 5 | وَجَـٰهَدُوا۟wajāhadū | and strove hard | جهد |
| 6 | بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْbi-amwālihim | with their wealth | مول |
| 7 | وَأَنفُسِهِمْwa-anfusihim | and their lives | نفس |
| 8 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 9 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 11 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | and those who | — |
| 12 | ءَاوَوا۟āwaw | gave shelter | أوي |
| 13 | وَّنَصَرُوٓا۟wanaṣarū | and helped | نصر |
| 14 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | those | — |
| 15 | بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhum | some of them | بعض |
| 16 | أَوْلِيَآءُawliyāu | (are) allies | ولي |
| 17 | بَعْضٍۢ ۚbaʿḍin | (of) another | بعض |
| 18 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | But those who | — |
| 19 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believed | أمن |
| 20 | وَلَمْwalam | and (did) not | — |
| 21 | يُهَاجِرُوا۟yuhājirū | emigrate | هجر |
| 22 | مَاmā | (it is) not | — |
| 23 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 24 | مِّنmin | (of) | — |
| 25 | وَلَـٰيَتِهِمwalāyatihim | their protection | ولي |
| 26 | مِّنmin | (in) | — |
| 27 | شَىْءٍshayin | (in) anything | شيأ |
| 28 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 29 | يُهَاجِرُوا۟ ۚyuhājirū | they emigrate | هجر |
| 30 | وَإِنِwa-ini | And if | — |
| 31 | ٱسْتَنصَرُوكُمْis'tanṣarūkum | they seek your help | نصر |
| 32 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 33 | ٱلدِّينِl-dīni | the religion | دين |
| 34 | فَعَلَيْكُمُfaʿalaykumu | then upon you | — |
| 35 | ٱلنَّصْرُl-naṣru | (is to) help them | نصر |
| 36 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 37 | عَلَىٰʿalā | against | — |
| 38 | قَوْمٍۭqawmin | a people | قوم |
| 39 | بَيْنَكُمْbaynakum | between you | بين |
| 40 | وَبَيْنَهُمwabaynahum | and between them | بين |
| 41 | مِّيثَـٰقٌۭ ۗmīthāqun | (is) a treaty | وثق |
| 42 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 43 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 44 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |
| 45 | بَصِيرٌۭbaṣīrun | (is) All-Seer | بصر |