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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [9:23] | Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tattakhithoo abaakum wa-ikhwanakumawliyaa ini istahabboo alkufra AAala al-eemaniwaman yatawallahum minkum faola-ika humu alththalimoona |  يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تتخذوا آباءكم وإخوانكم أولياء إن استحبوا الكفر على الإيمان ومن يتولهم منكم فأولئك هم الظالمونيَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ لاَ تَتَّخِذُواْ آبَاءَكُمْ وَإِخْوَانَكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ إِنِ اسْتَحَبُّواْ الْكُفْرَ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | اے ایمان والو! تم اپنے باپ (دادا) اور بھائیوں کو بھی دوست نہ بناؤ اگر وہ ایمان پر کفر کو محبوب رکھتے ہوں، اور تم میں سے جو شخص بھی انہیں دوست رکھے گا سو وہی لوگ ظالم ہیں | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | O ye who believe! take not for protectors your fathers and your brothers if they love infidelity above Faith: if any of you do so, they do wrong.
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| Ahmed Ali | اے ایمان والو! اپنے باپوں اور بھائیوں سے دوستی نہ رکھو اگر وہ ایمان پر کفر کو پسند کریں اور تم میں سے جو ان سے دوستی رکھے گا سو وہی لوگ ظالم ہیں | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اے ایمان والو! اپنے باپ اور اپنے بھائیوں کو دوست نہ سمجھو اگر وہ ایمان پر کفر پسند کریں، اور تم میں جو کوئی ان سے دوستی کرے گا تو وہی ظالم ہیں | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | اے ایمان والو! مت بناؤ تم اپنے آباؤ اجداد اور اپنے بھائیوں کو اپنا رفیق اگر وہ عزیز رکھیں کفر کو ایمان کے مقابلہ میں۔ اور جو رفیق بنائے گا ان کو تم میں سے سو ایسے ہی لوگ ظالم ہوں گے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | اے اہل ایمان! اگر تمہارے (ماں) باپ اور (بہن) بھائی ایمان کے مقابل کفر کو پسند کریں تو ان سے دوستی نہ رکھو۔ اور جو ان سے دوستی رکھیں گے وہ ظالم ہیں | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | اےایمان والو مت پکڑو اپنے باپوں کو اور بھائیوں کو رفیق اگر وہ عزیز رکھیں کفر کو ایمان سے اور جو تم میں انکی رفاقت کرے سو وہی لوگ ہیں گنہگار | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اے لوگو جو ایمان لائے ہو، اپنے باپوں اور بھائیوں کو بھی اپنا رفیق نہ بناؤ اگر وہ ایمان پر کفر کو ترجیح دیں تم میں سے جو ان کو رفیق بنائیں گے وہی ظالم ہوں گے | ||||||
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| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | You, you those who believed, do not take your fathers and your brothers (as) guardians/allies if they loved/liked the disbelief more (preferred) over the belief, and who follows them from you, so those, those are the unjust/oppressors. | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | O ye who believe! take not for protectors your fathers and your brothers if they love infidelity above Faith: if any of you do so, they do wrong. | ||||||
| Pickthal | O ye who believe! Choose not your fathers nor your brethren for friends if they take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith. Whoso of you taketh them for friends, such are wrong-doers. | ||||||
| Arberry | O believers, take not your fathers and brothers to be your friends, if they prefer unbelief to belief; whosoever of you takes them for friends, those -- they are the evildoers. | ||||||
| Shakir | O you who believe! do not take your fathers and your brothers for guardians if they love unbelief more than belief; and whoever of you takes them for a guardian, these it is that are the unjust. | ||||||
| Sarwar | Believers, do not accept your fathers and brothers as your guardians if they prefer disbelief to faith, lest you be unjust. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | O you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as allies if they have preferred disbelief over belief. And whoever does so among you then it is those who are the wrongdoers. | ||||||
| Malik | O believers! Do not take your fathers and your brothers as your friends if they prefer Kufr (unbelief) over Iman (belief); for those who turn away from this commandment shall be considered wrongdoers.[23] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | O you who believe, take not your fathers and your brothers for friends if they love disbelief above faith. And whoever of you takes them for friends, such are the wrongdoers. | ||||||
| Free Minds | O you who believe, do not take your fathers nor brothers as allies if they prefer rejection to belief. And whoever of you takes them as such, then these are the wicked. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Believers, do not take your fathers or your brothers for a guide if they love disbelief rather than belief. Whosoever of you takes them for guides are the harmdoers. | ||||||
| George Sale | O true believers, take not your fathers or your brethren for friends, if they love infidelity above faith; and whosoever among you shall take them for his friends, they will be unjust doers. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | O Believers! make not friends of your fathers or your brethren if they love unbelief above faith: and whoso of you shall make them his friends, will be wrong doers. | ||||||
| Asad | O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not take your fathers and your brothers for allies if a denial of the truth is dearer to them than faith: for those of you who ally themselves with them-it is they, they who are evildoers!" | ||||||
| Khalifa** | O you who believe, do not ally yourselves even with your parents and your siblings, if they prefer disbelieving over believing. Those among you who ally themselves with them are transgressing. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | O you who believe! Take not for Auliya (supporters and helpers) your fathers and your brothers if they prefer disbelief to Belief. And whoever of you does so, then he is one of the Zalimoon (wrong-doers, etc.). | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | O You who have chosen to be graced with belief! Even if your parents and siblings take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith, take not them as allies. Whoever does that, does wrong to himself. (The Divine Ideology shall take precedence over all other bonds). | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
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| ** - Read with caution - These Translations, specially those which are marked here with **, are considered either incorrect, far-fetched, non-conforming or misleading. For all translations, care must be exercised for certain verses or an alternate translation should be considered. | |||||||
| Verse(s): 1 | Surah : 9 - At-Tawba | Showing verse 23 of 129 in chapter 9 | |||||
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