Surah Al-Anfal — Verse 73
The Spoils of War · 8:73 · 73/75
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُن فِتْنَةٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ كَبِيرٌ
Wallatheena kafaroo baAAduhumawliyao baAAdin illa tafAAaloohu takunfitnatun fee al-ardi wafasadun kabeer
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
And those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do not do so [i.e., ally yourselves with other believers], there will be fitnah [i.e., disbelief and oppression] on earth and great corruption.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
The disbelievers support one another. If you do not do the same, there will be persecution in the land and great corruption.
Marmaduke Pickthall
And those who disbelieve are protectors one of another - If ye do not so, there will be confusion in the land, and great corruption.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
The Unbelievers are protectors, one of another: Unless ye do this, (protect each other), there would be tumult and oppression on earth, and great mischief.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And those who disbelieve are friends to each other. If you do not do so, there shall be disorder on the earth, and a great corruption.
Al-Hilali & Khan
And those who disbelieve are allies of one another, (and) if you (Muslims of the whole world collectively) do not do so [i.e. become allies, as one united block under one Khalifah (a chief Muslim ruler for the whole Muslim world) to make victorious Allâh’s religion of Islâmic Monotheism], there will be Fitnah (wars, battles, polytheism) and oppression on the earth, and a great mischief and corruption (appearance of polytheism).
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
And those who disbelieve. they are allies of one another; and unless you act likewise. there will be oppression in the world and great corruption.