Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 89 (4:89)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا۟ فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَآءً ۖ فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ …

Quran 4:89 is ayah 89 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 92 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:89
وَدُّوا۟لَوْتَكْفُرُونَكَمَاكَفَرُوا۟فَتَكُونُونَسَوَآءً ۖفَلَاتَتَّخِذُوا۟مِنْهُمْأَوْلِيَآءَحَتَّىٰيُهَاجِرُوا۟فِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِ ۚفَإِنتَوَلَّوْا۟فَخُذُوهُمْوَٱقْتُلُوهُمْحَيْثُوَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ ۖوَلَاتَتَّخِذُوا۟مِنْهُمْوَلِيًّاوَلَانَصِيرًا٨٩
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

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,(89)

Word by word

  1. وَدُّوا۟waddūThey wish
  2. لَوْlawif
  3. تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnayou disbelieve
  4. كَمَاkamāas
  5. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved
  6. فَتَكُونُونَfatakūnūnaand you would be
  7. سَوَآءً ۖsawāanalike
  8. فَلَاfalāSo (do) not
  9. تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūtake
  10. مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
  11. أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaallies
  12. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  13. يُهَاجِرُوا۟yuhājirūthey emigrate
  14. فِىfīin
  15. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
  16. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
  17. فَإِنfa-inBut if
  18. تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turn back
  19. فَخُذُوهُمْfakhudhūhumseize them
  20. وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhumand kill them
  21. حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
  22. وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ ۖwajadttumūhumyou find them
  23. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  24. تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūtake
  25. مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
  26. وَلِيًّاwaliyyanany ally
  27. وَلَاwalāand not
  28. نَصِيرًاnaṣīranany helper

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