Surah Al-Anfal 8:73 — translation and meaning

الأنفال · Verse 73 / 75 · Page 186

ۚ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُن فِتْنَةٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ كَبِيرٌ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَالَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
And those who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieve
بَعْضُهُمْ
ba'duhum
some of them
أَوْلِيَاءُ
awliyau
(are) allies
بَعْضٍ
ba'din
(to) another
إِلَّا
illa
If not
تَفْعَلُوهُ
taf 'aluhu
you do it
تَكُن
takun
(there) will be
فِتْنَةٌ
fit'natun
oppression
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
وَفَسَادٌ
wafasadun
and corruption
كَبِيرٌ
kabirun
great

Transliteration

Wallazeena kafaroo ba'duhum awliyaaa'u ba'd; illaa taf'aloohu takun fitnatun fil ardi wa fasaadun kabeer

Translation

And those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do not do so, there will be fitnah on earth and great corruption.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The disbelievers are united in their disbelief and they therefore become friends of one another. A believer should not become friends with them. If you do not become friends with the believers and oppose the disbelievers, the believers will suffer weakness as a result of a lack of support and there will be great corruption on earth as people will be prevented from Allah’s path.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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