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

At-Tawbah 9:23

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ ءَابَآءَكُمْ وَإِخْوَٰنَكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ إِنِ ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْكُفْرَ عَلَى ٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

يا أيها الذين صدَّقوا الله ورسوله وعملوا بشرعه لا تتخذوا أقرباءكم -من الآباء والإخوان وغيرهم- أولياء، تفشون إليهم أسرار المسلمين، وتستشيرونهم في أموركم، ما داموا على الكفر معادين للإسلام. ومن يتخذهم أولياء ويُلْقِ إليهم المودة فقد عصى الله تعالى، وظلم نفسه ظلمًا عظيمًا.

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