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al-Hajj 22:38 

Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration
Arabic إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدَافِعُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ خَوَّانٍ كَفُورٍ zoom
Transliteration Inna Allaha yudafiAAu AAani allatheena amanoo inna Allaha la yuhibbu kulla khawwanin kafoorin zoom

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad Verily, God will ward off [all evil] from those who attain to faith; [and,] verily, God does not love anyone who betrays his trust and is bereft of gratitude. zoom
M. M. Pickthall Lo! Allah defendeth those who are true. Lo! Allah loveth not each treacherous ingrate. zoom
Shakir Surely Allah will defend those who believe; surely Allah does not love any one who is unfaithful, ungrateful. zoom
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) Verily Allah will defend (from ill) those who believe: verily, Allah loveth not any that is a traitor to faith, or show ingratitude. zoom
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) Verily God will defend (from ill) those who believe: verily, God loveth not any that is a traitor to faith, or show ingratitude. zoom
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar Truly, God defends those who believed. Truly, God loves not any who is an ungrateful betrayer. zoom
Wahiduddin Khan God will surely defend the believers. God does not love the perfidious and the ungrateful. zoom
T.B.Irving God defends those who believe; God does not love every thankless traitor. zoom
[Al-Muntakhab] Indeed, Allah defends those whose hearts are imprinted with the image of religious and spiritual virtues whereas He simply detests the dishonest, the unfaithful and the treacherous given to infidelity and ingratitude. zoom
[Progressive Muslims] God defends those who believe. God does not like any betrayer, rejecter. zoom
Abdel Haleem God will defend the believers; God does not love the unfaithful or the ungrateful. zoom
Abdul Majid Daryabadi Verily Allah will repel from those who believe: verily Allah loveth not any treacherous,ingrate. zoom
Ahmed Ali God will certainly defend the believers. Surely God does not like the traitors who deny the truth. zoom
Aisha Bewley Allah will defend those who have iman. Allah does not love any thankless traitor. zoom
Ali Ünal Surely God defends strongly those who believe. Certainly God does not love any treacherous, ungrateful one. zoom
Ali Quli Qara'i Allah indeed defends those who have faith. Indeed Allah does not like any ingrate traitor. zoom
Amatul Rahman Omar Allah will certainly defend those who believe because Allah loves no perfidious, ungrateful person. zoom
Hamid S. Aziz Verily, Allah will defend those who are true; verily, Allah loves not any treacherous ingrate (or traitor and ingrate). zoom
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Surely Allah defends the ones who have believed; surely Allah does not love any most treacherous, most disbelieving person. zoom
Muhammad Sarwar God defends the believers but He does not love any of the treacherous, ungrateful ones. zoom
Muhammad Taqi Usmani Surely, Allah defends those who believe. Allah does not love any treacherous, ungrateful. zoom
Shabbir Ahmed Verily, Allah will defend the community of true believers. Behold, Allah does not love those who betray the Divine System ordained in this Book and thus show ingratitude for the magnificent Guidance they have received. (Hence, His Promise to defend will not apply to such people). zoom
Syed Vickar Ahamed Surely, Allah protects those who believe: (And) surely, Allah does not love anyone who betrays faith (or shows ingratitude to Allah.) zoom
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) Indeed, Allah defends those who have believed. Indeed, Allah does not like everyone treacherous and ungrateful. zoom
Farook Malik Surely Allah wards off evil from those who are true believers: for certainly Allah does not love anyone who is treacherous, ungrateful. zoom
Dr. Munir Munshey Of course, Allah guards those who believe. Surely, Allah does not like any faithless ungrateful being! zoom
Tahir-ul-Qadri Mohammad Surely, Allah removes from the men of faith (the mischief and strife of their enemies). Indeed He does not like anyone treacherous (and) ungrateful. zoom
Dr. Kamal Omar Truly, Allah drives away the enemies from those who have Believed. Surely, Allah does not like the entire (group of the) treacherous and ungrateful people. zoom
Bilal Muhammad (2013 Edition) Indeed God will defend those who believe; indeed God does not love any who is a traitor of faith or who shows ingratitude.  zoom
Maududi Surely Allah defends those who believe. Certainly Allah has no love for the perfidious, the thankless. zoom

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian God will defend those who have chosen to believe for the simple reason that He does not like the treacherous unappreciative people. zoom
Faridul Haque Indeed Allah repels the afflictions of the Muslims; indeed Allah does not like any extremely disloyal ingrate. zoom
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah Allah will defend those who believe. Verily, Allah does not love the ungrateful cheat. zoom
Maulana Muhammad Ali Surely Allah defends those who believe. Surely Allah loves not anyone who is unfaithful, ungrateful. zoom
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira That God defends on/about those who believed, that truly God does not love/like every/each betraying/being unfaithful (insistent) disbeliever. zoom
Sher Ali Surely, ALLAH defends those who believe. Surely, ALLAH loves not anyone who is perfidious, ungrateful. zoom
Rashad Khalifa GOD defends those who believe. GOD does not love any betrayer, unappreciative. zoom
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Indeed Allah repels the afflictions of the Muslims; indeed Allah does not like any extremely disloyal ingrate. zoom
Hilali & Khan Truly, Allah defends those who believe. Verily! Allah likes not any treacherous ingrate to Allah (those who disobey Allah but obey Shaitan (Satan)). zoom

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry Assuredly God will defend those who believe; surely God loves not any ungrateful traitor. zoom
Edward Henry Palmer Verily, God will defend those who believe; verily, God loves not any misbelieving traitor. zoom
George Sale that God will repel the ill designs of the infidels from the true believers; for God loveth not every perfidious unbeliever. zoom
John Medows Rodwell That God will ward off mischief from believers: for God loveth not the false, the Infidel. zoom
N J Dawood (draft) God will ward off evil from true believers. God does not love the treacherous and the thankless. zoom

Partial Translations, or works in progress
Sayyid Qutb God will certainly defend those who believe. For certain, God does not love anyone who betrays his trust and is bereft of gratitude. zoom

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