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Verse 23
1 verseAt-Tawbah 23
يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُٓوا اٰبَٓاءَكُمْ وَاِخْوَانَكُمْ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ اِنِ اسْتَحَبُّوا الْكُفْرَ عَلَى الْا۪يمَانِۜ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ مِنْكُمْ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ ٢٣
Mushaf
Transliteration
23Yâ eyyühe-lleẕîne âmenû lâ tetteḫiẕû âbâeküm veiḫvâneküm evliyâe ini-steḥabbü-lküfra ʿale-lʾîmân. vemey yetevellehüm minküm feülâike hümu-żżâlimûn.
English Translation
23O you who believe! If they prefer disbelief to faith, do not take them as awliya/friends, even if they are your fathers and your brothers. Whoever among you takes them as friends, it is they who are the wrongdoers.
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The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik.
The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.