The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 689
PT. 10 AL-ANFĀL CH. 8 وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ And those who disbelieve. 74 they are friends one of another. b إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ تَكُنْ فِتْنَةٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ If you do it not, there will be mischief in the land and great disorder. 1161 75. And "those who believed and left their homes وَفَسَادٌ كَبِيرُة وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَهَاجَرُوا وَجَهَدُوا فِي have سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَالَّذِيْنَ أَوَوْا وَ نَصَرُوا and striven for the cause of أوليكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا لَهُمُ مغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيم Allah, and those who have given them shelter and help these indeed are true believers. For them is forgiveness and an honourable provision. whether "2:219; 9:20; 61:12. as principle which should govern the social relations of Muslims. It lays down that those Muslims who live in the same country and under the same administrations, immigrants or as original citizens, are bound to help one another in the hour of need. If one of them is wronged, the others must come to his help. But as regards those Muslims who have not migrated to a Muslim country and prefer to live apart, they have no claim on the assistance of these Muslims in worldly matters. But if they seek their help in the matter of religion, e. g. when they are persecuted for the sake of their religion, then they must be helped. If, however, they are living under a non- Muslim government, with whom Muslims have entered into a treaty of peace, then no help should be rendered them even in matters of religion; and in this case, the only 1129 way open to them is to migrate from the non-Muslim country. The reader should note what high regard for compacts and treaties the Quran inculcates in its followers. It is to warn Muslims against a violation of compacts that the verse fittingly ends with the words, And Allah sees what you do. 1161. Commentary: The pronoun "it" in (if you do it not) refers to what has been said in the previous verse, i. e. helping oppressed Muslims as well as fulfilling compacts with non- Muslims. The verse purports to say that if this teaching is not observed by Muslims, the result will be oppression and disturbance in the earth. 1162. Commentary: Two classes of believers have been commended here: firstly, those who,