Tafsir for verse: 4:144
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَّخِذُواْ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۚ أَتُرِيدُونَ أَن تَجۡعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٗا مُّبِينًا ١٤٤ ﴿144﴾
144O you who believe, do not take the disbelievers for friends instead of the believers. Do you want to produce before Allah a clear evidence against yourselves?
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Commentary
Do not take the disbelievers as allies. Do not resemble the hypocrites in taking the Jews and others from the enemies of Islam as allies. This is a clear proof, meaning that the alliance with the disbelievers is a clear indication of hypocrisy. And from Sa'sa'a ibn Suhan, he said to a nephew of his: Be sincere to the believer, and be courteous to the disbeliever and the sinner, for the sinner will be pleased with you for good character, and it is a right upon you to be sincere to the believer.
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