Surah At-Tawbah · Ayah 23

Meaning of Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 23

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tattakhithoo abaakum wa-ikhwanakumawliyaa ini istahabboo alkufra AAala al-eemaniwaman yatawallahum minkum faola-ika humu aththalimoon

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1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
4. لَاlā(Do) not
5. تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhūtake
6. ءَابَآءَكُمْābāakumyour fathers
7. وَإِخْوَٰنَكُمْwa-ikh'wānakumand your brothers
8. أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāa(as) allies
9. إِنِiniif
10. ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟is'taḥabbūthey prefer
11. ٱلْكُفْرَl-kuf'ra[the] disbelief
12. عَلَىʿalāover
13. ٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚl-īmāni[the] belief
14. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
15. يَتَوَلَّهُمyatawallahumtakes them as allies
16. مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
17. فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
18. هُمُhumu[they]
19. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers