يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ بِطَانَةًۭ مِّن دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًۭا وَدُّوا۟ مَا عَنِتُّمْ قَدْ بَدَتِ ٱلْبَغْضَآءُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَمَا تُخْفِى صُدُورُهُمْ أَكْبَرُ ۚ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
How to read it
Yā'ayyuhā -lladhīna 'āmanū lā tattakhidhū biṭānatan mmin dūnikum' lā ya''lūnakum' khabālan waddū mā ʻanittum' qad' badati l-bagh'ḍā'u min' 'af'wāhihim' wamā tukh'fī ṣudūruhum' 'ak'baru . qad' bayyannā lakumu l-'āyāti . 'in kuntum' taʻ'qilūna
O ye who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside your ranks: They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin: Rank hatred has already appeared from their mouths: What their hearts conceal is far worse. We have made plain to you the Signs, if ye have wisdom.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
