1. O you 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 you believe in Allah your Lord! If you have come out to strive in My Way and-to seek My Good Pleasure, (take them not as mends), holding secret converse of love (and friendship) with them: for I know full well all that you conceal and all that you reveal. And any of you that do this has strayed from the Straight Path.
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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 you should reject the Truth.
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3. Gino 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 you do.
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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 you worship besides Allah: we have rejected you, and there has arisen, between us and you, enmity and hatred for ever, - unless you believe in Allah and Him alone": But not when Abraham said to his father: "I will pray for forgiveness for you, though I have no power (to get) anything on your behalf from Allah." (They prayed): "Our Lord! In you do we trust, and to you do we turn in repentance: to you is (our) final Goal.
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5. "Our Lord! Make us not a (test and) trial for the Unbelievers, but forgive us, our Lord! For you are the Exalted in Might, the Wise."
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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’s Free of all wants, Worthy of all Praise.
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