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Ali 'Imran 3:118

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا وَدُّوا۟ مَا عَنِتُّمْ قَدْ بَدَتِ ٱلْبَغْضَآءُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَمَا تُخْفِى صُدُورُهُمْ أَكْبَرُ ۚ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

O you who have believed, do not take as intimates those other than yourselves [i.e., believers], for they will not spare you [any] ruin. They wish you would have hardship. Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater. We have certainly made clear to you the signs, if you will use reason.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

يا أيها الذين صدَّقوا الله ورسوله وعملوا بشرعه، لا تتخذوا الكافرين أولياء من دون المؤمنين، تُطْلعونهم على أسراركم، فهؤلاء لا يَفْتُرون عن إفساد حالكم، وهم يفرحون بما يصيبكم من ضرر ومكروه، وقد ظهرت شدة البغض في كلامهم، وما تخفي صدورهم من العداوة لكم أكبر وأعظم. قد بيَّنَّا لكم البراهين والحجج، لتتعظوا وتحذروا، إن كنتم تعقلون عن الله مواعظه وأمره ونهيه.

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