# Quran 5:81 — Surah Al-Mai'dah (The Spread Table), Verse 81

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
وَلَوۡ كَانُواْ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلنَّبِيِّ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مَا ٱتَّخَذُوهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ فَٰسِقُونَ

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
وَلَوْ كَانُوْا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالنَّبِیِّ وَمَاۤ اُنْزِلَ اِلَیْهِ مَا اتَّخَذُوْهُمْ اَوْلِیَآءَ وَلٰكِنَّ كَثِیْرًا مِّنْهُمْ فٰسِقُوْنَ ۟

## Transliteration
Wa law kaanoo yu'minoona billaahi wan nabiyyi wa maaa unzila ilaihi mattakhazoohum awliyaaa'a wa laakinna kaseeram minhum faasiqoon

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> If only they had believed in Allah, in the Prophet, and in what hath been revealed to him, never would they have taken them for friends and protectors, but most of them are rebellious wrong-doers.

**Citation:** Quran, Surah Al-Mai'dah 5:81 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

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