Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 9 At-Tawbah, Ayat 23-24
يٰۤاَ يُّهَا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا لَا تَتَّخِذُوۡۤا اٰبَآءَكُمۡ وَاِخۡوَانَـكُمۡ اَوۡلِيَآءَ اِنِ اسۡتَحَبُّوا الۡـكُفۡرَ عَلَى الۡاِيۡمَانِ ؕ وَمَنۡ يَّتَوَلَّهُمۡ مِّنۡكُمۡ فَاُولٰۤـئِكَ هُمُ الظّٰلِمُوۡنَ
﴿9:23﴾
قُلۡ اِنۡ كَانَ اٰبَآؤُكُمۡ وَاَبۡنَآؤُكُمۡ وَاِخۡوَانُكُمۡ وَاَزۡوَاجُكُمۡ وَعَشِيۡرَتُكُمۡ وَ اَمۡوَالُ ۨاقۡتَرَفۡتُمُوۡهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخۡشَوۡنَ كَسَادَهَا وَ مَسٰكِنُ تَرۡضَوۡنَهَاۤ اَحَبَّ اِلَيۡكُمۡ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَرَسُوۡلِهٖ وَ جِهَادٍ فِىۡ سَبِيۡلِهٖ فَتَرَ بَّصُوۡا حَتّٰى يَاۡتِىَ اللّٰهُ بِاَمۡرِهٖ ؕ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهۡدِى الۡقَوۡمَ الۡفٰسِقِيۡنَ
﴿9:24﴾
[9:23] Believers, do not take your fathers and your brothers for your allies
if they choose unbelief in preference to belief. Whosoever of you takes them
as allies those are wrong-doers. [9:24] Tell them, (O Prophet): "If your fathers and your sons and your brothers
and your wives and your tribe and the riches you have acquired and the commerce
of which you fear a slackening, and the dwellings that you love, if they are
dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His cause, then wait
until Allah brings about His decree.22 Allah does not guide the evil-doing
folk."
Notes
22. That is: “The judgment will deprive them of the blessings of the true
faith, and of the honor of bearing its standard and leading the world towards
its guidance and bestow these on others”.