The Holy Quran 5:51 — Surah Al-Ma'idah

Arabic text

۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ ٱلْيَهُودَ وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنْهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Translation

O you who have Imaan! Do not take the Jews and Christians as friends (confidantes). They (all Kuffaar) are only the friends of each other (and cannot be your friends). Whoever of you befriends them, then he is surely from among them (because all the Kuffaar are one community). Verily Allaah does not guide a nation of wrong-doers (who befriend the Kuffaar).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The prohibition of muwalat (close friendship and alliance) with the People of the Book: awliya’ is the plural of wali; a wali may mean a friend, a near one, and also a protector and helper. The point is that Muslims should not establish friendly relations with the Jews and Christians, or indeed with any of the disbelievers, as is stated explicitly in Surah…

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