Guidelines for Interaction with Non-Hostile Non-Muslims and the Prohibition of Alliance with Oppressors
Al-Mumtahanah — Verses 8–9 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim
لَّا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ ٨
Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion and did not drive you out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity.
- لَّا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ
- Allah does not forbid you to
- الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ
- deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion
- وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ
- and did not drive you out of your homes.
- أَن تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ
- Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity.
إِنَّمَا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَأَخْرَجُوكُم مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ وَظَاهَرُوا عَلَىٰ إِخْرَاجِكُمْ أَن تَوَلَّوْهُمْ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمْ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ ٩
It is only as regards those who fought against you on account of religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive you out, that Allah forbids you to befriend them. And whosoever will befriend them, then such are the Zalimun (wrong-doers those who disobey Allah).
- إِنَّمَا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ
- It is only as regards those who
- قَاتَلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ
- fought against you on account of religion,
- وَأَخْرَجُوكُم مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ
- and have driven you out of your homes,
- وَظَاهَرُوا عَلَىٰ إِخْرَاجِكُمْ
- and helped to drive you out,
- أَن تَوَلَّوْهُمْ ۚ
- that Allah forbids you to befriend them.
- وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمْ
- And whosoever will befriend them,
- فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
- then such are the Zalimun (wrong-doers those who disobey Allah).