یٰۤاَیُّهَا O you الَّذِیْنَ who اٰمَنُوْا believe[d]! لَا (Do) not تَتَّخِذُوْا take بِطَانَةً (as) intimates مِّنْ from دُوْنِكُمْ other than yourselves لَا not یَاْلُوْنَكُمْ they will spare you خَبَالًا ؕ (any) ruin وَدُّوْا They wish مَا what عَنِتُّمْ ۚ distresses you قَدْ Indeed بَدَتِ (has become) apparent الْبَغْضَآءُ the hatred مِنْ from اَفْوَاهِهِمْ ۖۚ their mouths وَ مَا and what تُخْفِیْ conceals صُدُوْرُهُمْ their breasts اَكْبَرُ ؕ (is) greater قَدْ Certainly بَیَّنَّا We made clear لَكُمُ for you الْاٰیٰتِ the Verses اِنْ if كُنْتُمْ you were تَعْقِلُوْنَ (to use) reason هٰۤاَنْتُمْ Lo! You are اُولَآءِ those تُحِبُّوْنَهُمْ you love them وَ لَا but not یُحِبُّوْنَكُمْ they love you وَ تُؤْمِنُوْنَ and you believe بِالْكِتٰبِ in the Book كُلِّهٖ ۚ all of it وَ اِذَا And when لَقُوْكُمْ they meet you قَالُوْۤا they say اٰمَنَّا ۖۗۚ We believe وَ اِذَا And when خَلَوْا they are alone عَضُّوْا they bite عَلَیْكُمُ at you الْاَنَامِلَ the finger tips مِنَ (out) of الْغَیْظِ ؕ [the] rage قُلْ Say مُوْتُوْا Die بِغَیْظِكُمْ ؕ in your rage اِنَّ Indeed اللّٰهَ Allah عَلِیْمٌۢ (is) All-Knowing بِذَاتِ of what الصُّدُوْرِ (is in) the breasts اِنْ If تَمْسَسْكُمْ touches you حَسَنَةٌ a good تَسُؤْهُمْ ؗ it grieves them وَ اِنْ and if تُصِبْكُمْ strikes you سَیِّئَةٌ misfortune یَّفْرَحُوْا they rejoice بِهَا ؕ at it وَ اِنْ And if تَصْبِرُوْا you are patient وَ تَتَّقُوْا and fear (Allah) لَا not یَضُرُّكُمْ will harm you كَیْدُهُمْ their plot شَیْـًٔا ؕ (in) anything اِنَّ Indeed اللّٰهَ Allah بِمَا of what یَعْمَلُوْنَ they do مُحِیْطٌ۠ (is) All-Encompassing
(3:118) Believers! Do not take for intimate friends those who are not of your kind. They spare no effort to injure you.92 Indeed they love all that distresses you. Their hatred is clearly manifest in what they say, and what their breasts conceal is even greater. Now We have made Our messages clear to you, if only you can understand (the danger of their intimacy).
(3:119) Lo! It is you who love them but they do not love you even though you believe in the whole of the (heavenly) Book.93 When they meet you they say: 'We believe', but when they are by themselves they bite their fingers in rage at you. Say: 'Perish in your rage.' Allah knows even what lies hidden in their breasts.
(3:120) If anything good happens to you they are grieved; if any misfortune befalls you they rejoice at it. But if you remain steadfast and mindful of Allah their designs will not cause you harm. Allah surely encompasses all that they do.
92. The Jews living on the outskirts of Madina had long enjoyed friendly relations with the two tribes of Aws and Khazraj. In the first place this was the result of relations between individuals. Later, they were bound by ties of neighbourliness and allegiance as a result of tribal inter-relationship. Even after the people of Aws and Khazraj embraced Islam, they maintained their old ties with the Jews and continued to treat them with the same warmth and cordiality. However, the hostility of the Jews towards the Arabian Prophet (peace be on him) and towards his mission was far too intense to allow them to maintain a cordial relationship with anyone who had joined the new movement. Outwardly, the Jews maintained the same terms of friendship with the Ansar (Helpers) as before but at heart they had become their sworn enemies. They made the best use of this pretended friendship, and remained constantly on the look-out for opportunities to create schisms and dissensions in the Muslim body-politic, and to draw out the secrets of the Muslims and pass them on to their enemies. Here God warns the Muslims to note this hypocrisy and take the necessary precaution.
93. It is strange that although the Muslims had reason to feel aggrieved by the Jews it was the latter who felt aggrieved by the Muslims. Since the Muslims believed in the Torah along with the Qur'an the Jews had no justifiable ground for complaint. If anyone had cause to complain it was the Muslims for the Jews did not believe in the Qur'an.