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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Mumtahanah 60:9

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إِنَّمَا يَنْهَىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ قَـٰتَلُوكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَأَخْرَجُوكُم مِّن دِيَـٰرِكُمْ وَظَـٰهَرُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ إِخْرَاجِكُمْ أَن تَوَلَّوْهُمْ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمْ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

Allāh only forbids you from those who fight you because of religion and expel you from your homes and aid in your expulsion - [forbids] that you make allies of them. And whoever makes allies of them, then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

إنما ينهاكم الله عن الذين قاتلوكم بسبب الدين وأخرجوكم من دياركم، وعاونوا الكفار على إخراجكم أن تولوهم بالنصرة والمودة، ومن يتخذهم أنصارًا على المؤمنين وأحبابًا، فأولئك هم الظالمون لأنفسهم، الخارجون عن حدود الله.

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