یَـأَیُهَا الَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا لاَ تَتَّخِذُوا ءَابَآءَکُمْ وَإِخْوَنَکُمْ أَوْلِیَآءَ إِنِ اسْتَحَبُّوا الْکُفْرَ عَلَى الاِْیمَـنِ وَمَن یَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنکُمْ فَأَوْلَـئِکَ هُمُ الظَـلِمُونَ (23) قُلْ إِن کَانَ ءَابَآؤُکُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُکُمْ وَإِخْوَنُکُمْ وَأَزْوَجُکُمْ وَعَشِیرَتُکُمْ وَأَمْوَلٌ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَـرَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ کَسَادَهَا وَمَسَـکِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَآ أَحَبَّ إِلَیْکُم مِّنَ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَاد فِى سَبِیلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُوا حَتَّى یَأْتِىَ اللهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَاللهُ لاَ یَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الْفَـسِقِینَ (24)23- O, YOU WHO BELIEVE! DO NOT TAKE YOUR FATHERS AND BROTHERS FOR GUARDIANS IF THEY LOVE INFIDELITY ABOVE (MORE THAN) FAITH. IF ANY OF YOU DO SO, THEY ARE THE OPPRESSORS.
24- SAY: `IF IT IS SO THAT; YOUR FATHERS, YOUR SONS, YOUR BROTHERS, YOUR SPOUSES, YOUR CLANS, AND THE PROPERTIES WHICH YOU HAVE OBTAINED, AND THE COMMERCE YOU FEAR MAY SLACKEN, AND THE HOMES IN WHICH YOU ARE PLEASED; (IF ALL THESE ARE) DEARER TO YOU THAN ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER, AND STRIVE IN HIS WAY; THEN WAIT UNTIL ALLAH ISSUES HIS ORDER, (AND KNOW THAT) ALLAH WILL NOT GUIDE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEBAUCHERS.