The Holy Quran 4:89 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا۟ فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَآءً ۖ فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

Translation

They (the Munaafiqeen) wish that you should commit kufr as they have done, so that you may be the same (like them). So do not choose any of them as your friends (even if they claim to be Muslims) until they make Hijrah (forsake their homelands) in the path (for the pleasure) of Allaah (thereby protecting the sincerity of their Imaan). If they turn away (from Islaam and become apostates), then grab hold of them and put them to death wherever you find them. Do not make any of them your friend or assistant...

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The command to fight the hypocrites: that is, these hypocrites are so firmly set in disbelief that, far from accepting Islam themselves, they wish that you too should become disbelievers like them and be equal to them. So now you should not take them as friends until they accept faith, leave their homeland and come over to you.

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