The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam — Page 85
تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ 107 وَلَا تَهِنُوا فِي ابْتِغَاءِ الْقَوْمِ 108 109 وَلَا تَكُنْ لِلْخَابِنِيْنَ خَصِيمًا 0 وَلَا تُجَادِلْ عَنِ الَّذِينَ يَخْتَانُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ مَنْ كَانَ خَوَانًا أَثِيمًا 110 That is, one should show sympathy to, and help, one's people only in good deeds and at no cost one should assist them in sin and transgression. Slacken not in serving your fellow beings. Contend not on behalf of the treacherous. Plead not on behalf of those who persist in being unfaithful. Allah loves not those who are perfidious. 111 107. Help one another in righteousness and piety; but help not one another in sin and transgression. (The Holy Quran, al-Ma'idah 5:3) 108. And slacken not in seeking these people. (The Holy Quran, an-Nisā’ 4:105) 109. And be not you a disputer for the faithless; (The Holy Quran, an-Nisa' 4:106) 110. And plead not on behalf of those who are dishonest to themselves. Surely, Allah loves not one who is perfidious and a great sinner. (The Holy Quran, an-Nisa' 4:108) 111. Here Huḍūr mentions two categories of verses. In the first category are those verses which deal with compassion for God's creation and with the idea of collaboration in the doing of good deeds. In the second category, the subject of discussion is the punishment of the wrongdoer when the situation. so demands. The message being conveyed is that sympathy for humankind does not mean that the culprit merely be punished for his wrongdoings thus securing the rest of society from his transgressions. In fact punishing him is an aspect of sympathy for humankind. The Publishers 79 79