Surah 4. An-Nisaa, Ayah 139
| الَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚ أَيَبْتَغُونَ عِنْدَهُمُ الْعِزَّةَ فَإِنَّ الْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا |
| Asad | : | As for those who take the deniers of the truth for their allies in preference to the believers - do they hope to be honoured by them when, behold, all honour belongs to God [alone]?154 |
| Malik | : | who choose the unbelievers to be their protectors rather than believers. Are they seeking honor in being with them? Whereas all honor belongs to Allah Alone. |
| Pickthall | : | Those who choose disbelievers for their friends instead of believers! Do they look for power at their hands? Lo! all power appertaineth to Allah. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Yea to those who take for friends unbelievers rather than believers: is it honor they seek among them? Nay all honor is with Allah. 648 |
| Transliteration | : | Allatheena yattakhithoona alkafireena awliyaa min dooni almumineena ayabtaghoona AAindahumu alAAizzata fainna alAAizzata lillahi jameeAAan |
Note - 154See 3:28. However, the term "allies" (awliya', sing.
wali) does not indicate, in this context, merely
political alliances. More than anything else, it
obviously alludes to a "moral alliance" with the deniers
of the truth: that is to say, to an adoption of their way
of life in preference to the way of life of the
believers, in the hope of being "honoured", or accepted
as equals, by the former. Since an imitation of the way
of life of confirmed unbelievers must obviously conflict
with the moral principles demanded by true faith, it
unavoidably leads to a gradual abondonment of those
principles.
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Note - 648If the motive is some advantage, some honour,-the
fountain of all good is Allah. How can it really be
expected from those who deny Faith? And if there is some
show of worldly honour, what is it worth against the
contempt they earn in the next world?
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See 3:28. However, the term "allies" (awliya', sing. wali) does not indicate, in this context, merely political alliances. More than anything else, it obviously alludes to a "moral alliance" with the deniers of the truth: that is to say, to an adoption of their way of life in preference to the way of life of the believers, in the hope of being "honoured", or accepted as equals, by the former. Since an imitation of the way of life of confirmed unbelievers must obviously conflict with the moral principles demanded by true faith, it unavoidably leads to a gradual abondonment of those principles. |
