The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 40
40. Essence of Islam-III strictly forbidden for all others. For instance, the Holy. Qur'an says:. It also says: 38 وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اشَدُّ حُنَّا لِلَّهِ 88 يايُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصْرَى أَوْلِيَاء 3 يَايُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَتَّخِذُوا بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمْ ). At another place it says: 40. That is to say, do not love the Jews and Christians, nor those who are not righteous. . Reading these verses, the uninformed Christians are misled. They think that Muslims are enjoined not to love. Christians and other non-believers, but they do not realize that every word is used with reference to the context. . What constitutes love can be entertained for evildoers and the disbelievers only when one partakes of their disbelief and impiety. Ignorant indeed would be the person who enjoined love for the enemies of his faith. We have pointed out several times that love means to look with pleasure on the words, actions, habits, morals, and faith of the beloved, to be pleased with them, and to accept his influence. But this is not possible on the part of a believer with regard to a disbeliever. . A believer will, however, have compassion for the disbeliever and will have full sympathy for him and will 38 'And those who believe are stronger in their love for Allah. '-AlBaqarah, 2:166 [Publisher] 39 "O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. Al-Ma'idah, 5:52 [Publisher] 40 "O ye who believe! take not others than your own people as intimate friends. Al-e-'Imran, 3:119 [Publisher]