Quran 8:73 — Al-Anfaal, verse 73
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The disbelievers support one another. If you do not do the same, there will be persecution in the land and great corruption.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُنْ فِتْنَةٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ كَبِيرٌ
wa-alladhīna kafarū baʿḍuhum awliyāu baʿḍin illā tafʿalūhu takun fit'natun fī l-arḍi wafasādun kabīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- As for the unbelievers, they are friends one of another. Unless you do this, there will be persecution in the land and great corruption.
- Muhammad Asad
- With all this, [remember that] those who are bent on denying the truth are allies of one another; and unless you act likewise [among yourselves], oppression will reign on earth, and great corruption.
- Sahih International
- And those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do not do so [i.e., ally yourselves with other believers], there will be fitnah [i.e., disbelief and oppression] on earth and great corruption.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 3 | بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhum | some of them | بعض |
| 4 | أَوْلِيَآءُawliyāu | (are) allies | ولي |
| 5 | بَعْضٍ ۚbaʿḍin | (to) another | بعض |
| 6 | إِلَّاillā | If not | — |
| 7 | تَفْعَلُوهُtafʿalūhu | you do it | فعل |
| 8 | تَكُنtakun | (there) will be | كون |
| 9 | فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natun | oppression | فتن |
| 10 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 11 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 12 | وَفَسَادٌۭwafasādun | and corruption | فسد |
| 13 | كَبِيرٌۭkabīrun | great | كبر |