1. O ye who believe!
Take not my enemies and yours as
friends (or protectors),-
offering them (your) love, even
though they have rejected the
Truth that has come to you, and
have (on the contrary) driven
out the Prophet and yourselves
(from your homes), (simply)
because ye believe in Allah your
Lord! If ye have come out to
strive in My Way and to seek My
Good Pleasure, (take them not as
friends), holding secret
converse of love (and
friendship) with them: for I
know full well all that ye
conceal and all that ye reveal.
And any of you that does this
has strayed from the Straight
Path.
2. If they were to get the
better of you, they would behave
to you as enemies, and stretch
forth their hands and their
tongues against you for evil:
and they desire that ye should
reject the Truth.
3. Of no profit to you will be
your relatives and your children
on the Day of Judgment: He will
judge between you: for Allah
sees well all that ye do.
4. There is for you an excellent
example (to follow) in Abraham
and those with him, when they
said to their people: "We are
clear of you and of whatever ye
worship besides Allah. we have
rejected you, and there has
arisen, between us and you,
enmity and hatred for ever,-
unless ye believe in Allah and
Him alone": But not when Abraham
said to his father: "I will pray
for forgiveness for thee, though
I have no power (to get) aught
on thy behalf from Allah." (They
prayed): "Our Lord! in Thee do
we trust, and to Thee do we turn
in repentance: to Thee is (our)
Final Goal.
5. "Our Lord! Make us not a
(test and) trial for the
Unbelievers, but forgive us, our
Lord! for Thou art the Exalted
in Might, the Wise."
6. There was indeed in them an
excellent example for you to
follow,- for those whose hope is
in Allah and in the Last Day.
But if any turn away, truly
Allah is Free of all Wants,
Worthy of all Praise.
7. It may be that Allah will
grant love (and friendship)
between you and those whom ye
(now) hold as enemies. For Allah
has power (over all things); And
Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
8. Allah forbids you not, with
regard to those who fight you
not for (your) Faith nor drive
you out of your homes, from
dealing kindly and justly with
them: for Allah loveth those who
are just.
9. Allah only forbids you, with
regard to those who fight you
for (your) Faith, and drive you
out of your homes, and support
(others) in driving you out,
from turning to them (for
friendship and protection). It
is such as turn to them (in
these circumstances), that do
wrong.
10. O ye who believe! When there
come to you believing women
refugees, examine (and test)
them: Allah knows best as to
their Faith: if ye ascertain
that they are Believers, then
send them not back to the
Unbelievers. They are not lawful
(wives) for the Unbelievers, nor
are the (Unbelievers) lawful
(husbands) for them. But pay the
Unbelievers what they have spent
(on their dower), and there will
be no blame on you if ye marry
them on payment of their dower
to them. But hold not to the
guardianship of unbelieving
women: ask for what ye have
spent on their dowers, and let
the (Unbelievers) ask for what
they have spent (on the dowers
of women who come over to you).
Such is the command of Allah. He
judges (with justice) between
you. And Allah is Full of
Knowledge and Wisdom.
11. And if any of your wives
deserts you to the Unbelievers,
and ye have an accession (by the
coming over of a woman from the
other side), then pay to those
whose wives have deserted the
equivalent of what they had
spent (on their dower). And fear
Allah, in Whom ye believe.
12. O Prophet! When believing
women come to thee to take the
oath of fealty to thee, that
they will not associate in
worship any other thing whatever
with Allah, that they will not
steal, that they will not commit
adultery (or fornication), that
they will not kill their
children, that they will not
utter slander, intentionally
forging falsehood, and that they
will not disobey thee in any
just matter,- then do thou
receive their fealty, and pray
to Allah for the forgiveness (of
their sins): for Allah is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
13. O ye who believe! Turn not
(for friendship) to people on
whom is the Wrath of Allah, of
the Hereafter they are already
in despair, just as the
Unbelievers are in despair about
those (buried) in graves. |