The Quran

سورة الاٴنفَال

Surah Al-Anfâl 8:73

The Voluntary Gifts · Verse 73 of 75

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُنْ فِتْنَةٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ كَبِيرٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And (as for) those who disbelieve, they are friends one to another. Hence if you (O Muslims!) do not act (as has been ordained for you to help one another) there will be persecution and great corruption in the land.

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.

Ahmed Ali

Those who are infidels aid one another. Unless you do the same there will be discord in the land and anarchy.

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Ali Unal

Those who disbelieve – they are friends and protectors of one another (especially against you). Unless you do it also (i.e. maintain solidarity among the believers) there will be unrest on the earth and great corruption.

Daryabadi

And those who disbelieve: they shall be heirs unto one anot her. if ye do this not, a sedition there will be in the land and a great corruption.

Faridul Haque

And the disbelievers are the heirs of one another - if you do not do so, there will be turmoil in the land and a great chaos.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And those who disbelieve are friends one of another. If you do it not, there will be persecution in the land and great mischief.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And those who disbelieve - they are friends one of another. If you do not what you are commanded, there will be mischief in the land and great disorder.

Muhammad Asad

With all this, [remember that] those who are bent on denying the truth are allies of one another; and unless you act likewise [among yourselves], oppression will reign on earth, and great corruption.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And those who disbelieve are allies to one another, (and) if you (Muslims of the whole world collectively) do not do so (i.e. become allies, as one united block with one Khalifah - chief Muslim ruler for the whole Muslim world to make victorious Allah's Religion of Islamic Monotheism), there will be Fitnah (wars, battles, polytheism, etc.) and oppression on earth, and a great mischief and corruption (appearance of polytheism).

Muhammad 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.

Muhammad Sarwar

The unbelievers are each other's friends. If you (the believers) do not keep the same among yourselves in the land, there will come into being widespread idolatry and great evil.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And (as for) those who disbelieve, some of them are the guardians of others; if you will not do it, there will be in the land persecution and great mischief.

Rashad Khalifa

Those who disbelieved are allies of one another. Unless you keep these commandments, there will be chaos on earth, and terrible corruption.

Shabbir Ahmed

Those who reject the Divine message are protectors of one another. Unless you do this (help the immigrants and protect each other), there will be chaos in the land and great disorder.