Quran 5:81

Surah Al-Maaida, Verse 81

Juz 6 · Page 121 · Ruku 96 · Medinan

وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلنَّبِىِّ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَا ٱتَّخَذُوهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

Word by word

وَلَوْ walaw And if كَانُوا۟ kānū they had يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna believed بِٱللَّهِ bil-lahi in Allah وَٱلنَّبِىِّ wal-nabiyi and the Prophet وَمَآ wamā and what أُنزِلَ unzila has been revealed إِلَيْهِ ilayhi to him مَا mā not ٱتَّخَذُوهُمْ ittakhadhūhum they (would have) taken them أَوْلِيَآءَ awliyāa (as) allies وَلَـٰكِنَّ walākinna [and] but كَثِيرًۭا kathīran many مِّنْهُمْ min'hum of them فَـٰسِقُونَ fāsiqūna (are) defiantly disobedient

Transliteration

Walaw kanoo yu/minoona billahiwannabiyyi wama onzila ilayhi ma ittakhathoohumawliyaa walakinna katheeran minhum fasiqoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

If they believed in Allah and the Prophet and that which is revealed unto him, they would not choose them for their friends. But many of them are of evil conduct.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If only they had believed in Allah, in the Prophet, and in what hath been revealed to him, never would they have taken them for friends and protectors, but most of them are rebellious wrong-doers.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال تعالى : ( ولو كانوا يؤمنون بالله والنبي وما أنزل إليه ما اتخذوهم أولياء ) أي : لو آمنوا حق الإيمان بالله والرسل والفرقان لما ارتكبوا ما ارتكبوه من موالاة الكافرين في الباطن ومعاداة المؤمنين بالله والنبي وما أنزل إليه ( ولكن كثيرا منهم فاسقون ) أي : خارجون عن طاعة الله ورسوله مخالفون لآيات وحيه وتنزيله .