144يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنوا لا تَتَّخِذُوا الكافِرينَ أَولِياءَ مِن دونِ المُؤمِنينَ ۚ أَتُريدونَ أَن تَجعَلوا لِلَّهِ عَلَيكُم سُلطانًا مُبينًاMuhammad AsadO you who have attained to faith! Do not take the deniers of the truth for your allies in preference to the believers! Do you want to place before God a manifest proof of your guilt?1Lit., "a manifest proof against yourselves". See note on verse 139 above.