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An-Nisa (The Women) · Ayah 139

ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚ أَيَبْتَغُونَ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْعِزَّةَ فَإِنَّ ٱلْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا 139

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.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who

noun

يَتَّخِذُونَyattakhidhūnatake

أخذa-kh-dhverb

ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers

كفرk-f-rnoun

أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) allies

وليw-l-ynoun

مِنmin(from)

دُونِdūniinstead of

دونd-w-nnoun

ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚl-mu'minīnathe believers