Surah Al-Mumtahanah, ayah 8: "Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting..." Read it in Arabic with transliteration and the Sahih International translation, with the ayah before and after it, and listen to it recited.
۞ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُم مِّنْهُم مَّوَدَّةًۭ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ قَدِيرٌۭ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ ﴿٧﴾
Asal laahu any yaj'ala bainakum wa bainal lazeena 'aadaitum minhum mawaddah; wallahu qadeer; wallahu ghafoorur raheem
Perhaps Allah will put, between you and those to whom you have been enemies among them, affection. And Allah is competent, and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
لَّا يَنْهَىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَٰرِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ ﴿٨﴾
Laa yanhaakumul laahu 'anil lazeena lam yuqaatilookum fid deeni wa lam yukhrijookum min diyaarikum an tabarroohum wa tuqsitooo ilaihim; innal laaha yuhibbul muqsiteen
Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.
إِنَّمَا يَنْهَىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ قَٰتَلُوكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ وَأَخْرَجُوكُم مِّن دِيَٰرِكُمْ وَظَٰهَرُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ إِخْرَاجِكُمْ أَن تَوَلَّوْهُمْ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمْ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ﴿٩﴾
Innamaa yanhaakumul laahu 'anil lazeena qaatalookum fid deeni wa akhrajookum min diyaarikum wa zaaharoo 'alaa ikhraajikum an tawallawhum; wa many yatawallahum faulaaa'ika humuz zaalimoon
Allah only forbids you from those who fight you because of religion and expel you from your homes and aid in your expulsion - [forbids] that you make allies of them. And whoever makes allies of them, then it is those who are the wrongdoers.
Arabic: Tanzil, Uthmani script. English: Sahih International. Audio: EveryAyah. Transliteration is a learning aid; read from the Arabic when you can.
Meaning and lessons
Allah does not forbid you from being kind and just to those who have not fought you because of your religion or driven you from your homes; Allah loves the just. Ibn Kathir gives the occasion: Asma bint Abi Bakr's mother, who was not Muslim, came to visit her, and Asma asked the Prophet ﷺ whether she should keep ties with her. He said: "Yes, keep ties with your mother" (Sahih al-Bukhari 2620; Sahih Muslim 1003).
The next ayah (60:9) makes the distinction: what is forbidden is allying with those who fought the believers for their faith and expelled them.
Summarised in our own words from Tafsir Ibn Kathir, on Quran 60:8. Translation of the ayah: Sahih International.
Ayah 8 of Surah Al-Mumtahanah (المُمۡتَحنَةِ), "She that is to be examined", surah 60 of the Quran, a Medinan surah of 13 ayat revealed in Madinah. It is in juz 28 (para 28), hizb 55, on page 550 of the standard Madinah mushaf. People search for it as 60/8, 60 8 or Quran 60 8.
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Questions
Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly. (Sahih International)
Allah does not forbid you from being kind and just to those who have not fought you because of your religion or driven you from your homes; Allah loves the just. Ibn Kathir gives the occasion: Asma bint Abi Bakr's mother, who was not Muslim, came to visit her, and Asma asked the Prophet ﷺ whether she should keep ties with her. He said: "Yes, keep ties with your mother" (Sahih al-Bukhari 2620; Sahih Muslim 1003).
It is in Surah Al-Mumtahanah, surah 60 of the Quran, in juz 28 (para 28), on page 550 of the Madinah mushaf.
The ayah before, 60:7, says: "Perhaps Allah will put, between you and those to whom you have been enemies among them, affection. And Allah is competent, and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful." The ayah after, 60:9, says: "Allah only forbids you from those who fight you because of religion and expel you from your homes and aid in your expulsion - [forbids] that you make allies of them. And whoever makes allies of them, then it is those who are the wrongdoers."