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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 139 (4:139)

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ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚ أَيَبْتَغُونَ عِندَهُمُ …

Quran 4:139 is ayah 139 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 100 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:139
ٱلَّذِينَيَتَّخِذُونَٱلْكَٰفِرِينَأَوْلِيَآءَمِندُونِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚأَيَبْتَغُونَعِندَهُمُٱلْعِزَّةَفَإِنَّٱلْعِزَّةَلِلَّهِجَمِيعًا١٣٩
alladhīna yattakhidhūna l-kāfirīna awliyāa min dūni l-mu'minīna ayabtaghūna ʿindahumu l-ʿizata fa-inna l-ʿizata lillahi jamīʿan

Those who take disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do they seek with them honor [through power]? But indeed, honor belongs to Allāh entirely.(139)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
  2. يَتَّخِذُونَyattakhidhūnatake
  3. ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers
  4. أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) allies
  5. مِنmin(from)
  6. دُونِdūniinstead of
  7. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚl-mu'minīnathe believers
  8. أَيَبْتَغُونَayabtaghūnaDo they seek
  9. عِندَهُمُʿindahumuwith them
  10. ٱلْعِزَّةَl-ʿizatathe honor
  11. فَإِنَّfa-innaBut indeed
  12. ٱلْعِزَّةَl-ʿizatathe honor
  13. لِلَّهِlillahi(is) for Allah
  14. جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall

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