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M.Pickthall
1. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Yusuf Ali
1. In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.
M.Pickthall
1. O ye who believe! Choose not My enemy and your enemy for friends. Do ye give them
friendship when they disbelieve in that truth which hath come unto you, driving out
the messenger and you because ye believe in Allah, your Lord? If ye have come forth
to strive in My way and seeking My good pleasure, (show them not friendship). Do ye
show friendship unto them in secret, when I am best Aware of what ye hide and what
ye proclaim? And whosoever doeth it among you, be verily hath strayed from the
right way.
Yusuf Ali
1. O ye who believe! take not My enemies and yours as friends (or protectors)
offering them (your) love even though they have rejected the Truth that has come
to you and have (on the contrary) driven out the Prophet and yourselves (from your
homes) (simply) because ye believe in Allah your Lord! If ye have come out to
strive in My Way and to seek My Good Pleasure (take them not as friends) holding
secret converse of love (and friendship) with them: for I know full well all that
ye conceal and all that ye reveal. And any of you that does this has strayed
from the Straight Path.
M.Pickthall
2. If they have the upper hand of you, they will be your foes, and will stretch
out their hands and their tongues toward you with evil (intent), and they long
for you to disbelieve.
Yusuf Ali
2. If they were to get the better of you they would behave to you as enemies
and stretch forth their hands and their tongues against you for evil; and they
desire that ye should reject the Truth.
M.Pickthall
3. Your ties of kindred and your children will avail you naught upon the Day of
Resurrection. He will part you. Allah is Seer of what ye do.
Yusuf Ali
3. Of no profit to you will be your relatives and your children on the Day of
Judgment: He will judge between you: for Allah sees well and that ye do.
M.Pickthall
4. There is a goodly pattern for you Abraham and those with him, when they told
their folk; Lo! we are guiltless of you and all that ye worship beside Allah.
We have done with you. And there hath arisen between us and you hostility and
hate for ever until ye believe in Allah only save that which Abraham promised
his father (when he said): I will ask forgiveness for thee, though I own nothing
for thee from Allah Our Lord! In Thee we put our trust, and unto Thee we turn
repentant, and unto Thee is the journeying.
Yusuf Ali
4. There is for you an excellent example (to follow) in Abraham and those with
him when they said to their people: "We are clear of you and of whatever ye
worship besides Allah: we have rejected you and there has arisen between us
and you enmity and hatred forever unless ye believe in Allah and Him alone":
But not when Abraham said to his father: "I will pray for forgiveness for thee
though I have no power (to get) aught on thy behalf from Allah." (They prayed):
"Our Lord! in Thee do we trust and to Thee do we turn in repentance: to Thee
is (our) final Goal.
M.Pickthall
5. Our Lord! Make us not a prey for those who disbelieve, and forgive us, our
Lord! Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, the Wise.
Yusuf Ali
5. "Our Lord! Make us not a (test and) trial for the Unbelievers but forgive
us our Lord! For Thou art the Exalted in Might the Wise."
M.Pickthall
6. Verily ye have in them a goodly pattern for everyone who looketh to Allah
and the Last Day. And whosoever may turn away, lo! still Allah, He is the
Absolute, the Owner of Praise.
Yusuf Ali
6. There was indeed in them an excellent example for you to follow for those
whose hope is in Allah and in the Last Day. But if any turn away truly Allah
is Free of all Wants Worthy of all Praise.
M.Pickthall
7. It may be that Allah will ordain love between you and those of them with
whom ye are at enmity. Allah is Mighty, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Yusuf Ali
7. It may be that Allah will grant love (and friendship) between you and those
whom ye (now) hold as enemies: for Allah has power (over all things); and
Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
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