| 1. O ye who believe! 
												Take not my enemies and yours as 
												friends (or protectors),- 
												offering them (your) love, even 
												though they have rejected the 
												Truth that has come to you, and 
												have (on the contrary) driven 
												out the Prophet and yourselves 
												(from your homes), (simply) 
												because ye believe in Allah your 
												Lord! If ye have come out to 
												strive in My Way and to seek My 
												Good Pleasure, (take them not as 
												friends), holding secret 
												converse of love (and 
												friendship) with them: for I 
												know full well all that ye 
												conceal and all that ye reveal. 
												And any of you that does this 
												has strayed from the Straight 
												Path.
 2. If they were to get the 
												better of you, they would behave 
												to you as enemies, and stretch 
												forth their hands and their 
												tongues against you for evil: 
												and they desire that ye should 
												reject the Truth.
 
 3. Of no profit to you will be 
												your relatives and your children 
												on the Day of Judgment: He will 
												judge between you: for Allah 
												sees well all that ye do.
 
 4. There is for you an excellent 
												example (to follow) in Abraham 
												and those with him, when they 
												said to their people: "We are 
												clear of you and of whatever ye 
												worship besides Allah. we have 
												rejected you, and there has 
												arisen, between us and you, 
												enmity and hatred for ever,- 
												unless ye believe in Allah and 
												Him alone": But not when Abraham 
												said to his father: "I will pray 
												for forgiveness for thee, though 
												I have no power (to get) aught 
												on thy behalf from Allah." (They 
												prayed): "Our Lord! in Thee do 
												we trust, and to Thee do we turn 
												in repentance: to Thee is (our) 
												Final Goal.
 
 5. "Our Lord! Make us not a 
												(test and) trial for the 
												Unbelievers, but forgive us, our 
												Lord! for Thou art the Exalted 
												in Might, the Wise."
 
 6. There was indeed in them an 
												excellent example for you to 
												follow,- for those whose hope is 
												in Allah and in the Last Day. 
												But if any turn away, truly 
												Allah is Free of all Wants, 
												Worthy of all Praise.
 
 7. It may be that Allah will 
												grant love (and friendship) 
												between you and those whom ye 
												(now) hold as enemies. For Allah 
												has power (over all things); And 
												Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most 
												Merciful.
 
 8. Allah forbids you not, with 
												regard to those who fight you 
												not for (your) Faith nor drive 
												you out of your homes, from 
												dealing kindly and justly with 
												them: for Allah loveth those who 
												are just.
 
 9. Allah only forbids you, with 
												regard to those who fight you 
												for (your) Faith, and drive you 
												out of your homes, and support 
												(others) in driving you out, 
												from turning to them (for 
												friendship and protection). It 
												is such as turn to them (in 
												these circumstances), that do 
												wrong.
 
 10. O ye who believe! When there 
												come to you believing women 
												refugees, examine (and test) 
												them: Allah knows best as to 
												their Faith: if ye ascertain 
												that they are Believers, then 
												send them not back to the 
												Unbelievers. They are not lawful 
												(wives) for the Unbelievers, nor 
												are the (Unbelievers) lawful 
												(husbands) for them. But pay the 
												Unbelievers what they have spent 
												(on their dower), and there will 
												be no blame on you if ye marry 
												them on payment of their dower 
												to them. But hold not to the 
												guardianship of unbelieving 
												women: ask for what ye have 
												spent on their dowers, and let 
												the (Unbelievers) ask for what 
												they have spent (on the dowers 
												of women who come over to you). 
												Such is the command of Allah. He 
												judges (with justice) between 
												you. And Allah is Full of 
												Knowledge and Wisdom.
 
 11. And if any of your wives 
												deserts you to the Unbelievers, 
												and ye have an accession (by the 
												coming over of a woman from the 
												other side), then pay to those 
												whose wives have deserted the 
												equivalent of what they had 
												spent (on their dower). And fear 
												Allah, in Whom ye believe.
 
 12. O Prophet! When believing 
												women come to thee to take the 
												oath of fealty to thee, that 
												they will not associate in 
												worship any other thing whatever 
												with Allah, that they will not 
												steal, that they will not commit 
												adultery (or fornication), that 
												they will not kill their 
												children, that they will not 
												utter slander, intentionally 
												forging falsehood, and that they 
												will not disobey thee in any 
												just matter,- then do thou 
												receive their fealty, and pray 
												to Allah for the forgiveness (of 
												their sins): for Allah is 
												Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
 
 13. O ye who believe! Turn not 
												(for friendship) to people on 
												whom is the Wrath of Allah, of 
												the Hereafter they are already 
												in despair, just as the 
												Unbelievers are in despair about 
												those (buried) in graves.
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