The Reality of Khilafah — Page 143
Footnote from page 115 143 having professed its truth and having acted upon its teach- ings. Allah says: َو ْذِا اَنْلُق ِةَكِٕىٰٓلَمْلِل۠ اْوُدُجْسا َمَدٰاِل اْۤوُدَجَسَف ۤاَّلِا َسْيِلْبِا١ؕ َناَك َنِم ِّنِجْلا َقَسَفَف ْنَع ِرْمَا ٖهِّبَر١ؕ 1 ٗهَنْوُذِخَّتَتَفَا َو ۤٗهَتَّيِّرُذ َءٓاَيِلْوَا ْنِم ْيِنْوُد َو ْمُه ْمُكَل ٌّوُدَع١ؕ َسْئِب َنْيِمِلّٰظلِل اًلَدَب۰۰ Allah also says: 2 َّنِا َنٰطْيَّشلا ْمُكَل ٌّوُدَع ُهْوُذِخَّتاَف اًّوُدَع١ؕ اَمَّنِا اْوُعْدَي ٗهَبْزِح اْوُنْوُكَيِل ْنِم ِبٰحْصَا ِرْيِعَّسلا۰۰ And I have sent to you someone at the head of an army of the Muh a jir i n, the An sa r, and of those who followed them in good works. I commanded him not to fight or kill anyone until he had called to the way of Allah, such that those who responded to and acknowledge his call, stopping their aggression and acting righteously, would be accepted and aided. As for those who would spurn him, I commanded my envoy to fight them for that reason, and not to spare any of those he may gain dominance over, and to burn them with fire, to kill them, to take their women and children captive, and not to accept from anyone 1. And remember the time when We said to the angels, ‘Submit to Adam,’ and they all submitted, except Ibl i s. He was one of the Jinn; and he dis- obeyed the command of his Lord. Will you then take him and his prog- eny for friends instead of Me while they are your enemies? Evil is the exchange for the wrongdoers ( S u rah al-Kahf, 18:51). [Publisher] 2. Surely Satan is an enemy to you; so take him as an enemy. He calls his followers only that they may become inmates of the burning fire ( S u rah F at ir, 35:7). [Publisher]