Thus We make some of the wrongdoers befriend one another, because of what they used to do.
Al-An'am 6:129
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وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعْضَ الظَّالِمِينَ بَعْضًا بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
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Thus We make some of the wrongdoers befriend one another, because of what they used to do.
That's how We let some wrongdoers become friends with other wrongdoers, because of the bad things they've done.
And that's how We make some wrongdoers friends with others, because of what they've earned.
And so We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others because of what they used to earn.
Thus We make some wrongdoers befriend one another, because of what they used to do.
Thus We make some wrongdoers befriend one another, because of what they used to do.
And thus will We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others for what they used to earn.
And thus We do make the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers) Auliyâ’ (supporters and helpers) of one another (in committing crimes), because of that which they used to earn.
This is how We make the wrongdoers take control over one another because of what they used to do.
Thus do we make the wrong-doers turn to each other, because of what they earn.
Thus We let some of the wrong-doers have power over others because of what they are wont to earn.
And in like manner We shall keep the wrongdoers close to others as a punishment for their misdeeds.
In this manner We shall make the wrong-doers friends of each other (in the Hereafter) because they earned (evil together in the world).
That is how We make the wrongdoers one another’s friends because of what they used to earn.
Wakathalika nuwallee baAAda alththalimeena baAAdan bima kanoo yaksiboona