Orchard Al-Huda
God Almighty said
O you who have believed, do not take a group other than yourselves. They will not let you be deceived
And give what you have, hatred has appeared from their mouths
And what their chests hide is greater
We have made clear to you the signs, if you understand
You are the ones you love and they do not love you, and you believe in the entire Book
And when they meet you, they say, “We believe,” and when they are alone, they bite upon you and enrage you
Say, "Die in your anger. Indeed, God is All-Knowing of what is in the breasts."
If good befalls you, it troubles them, but if evil befalls you, they rejoice in it
And if you are patient and fearful, their machinations will not harm you at all. Indeed, God encompasses what they do
He, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “O people, listen and understand.”
They knew that God has servants who are neither prophets nor martyrs
The prophets and martyrs envy them for their gatherings and closeness to God Almighty
They are people from the people's neighborhoods and tribal disputes
They were not connected by close relatives. They loved each other for the sake of God’s glory, treated one another in it, visited each other in it, and exchanged each other in it.
On the Day of Resurrection, God will make for them pulpits of light, and they will sit on them, and their clothes will be light and their faces will be light
They are not afraid if people are afraid, and they do not panic if people are afraid
These are the saints of God upon whom there is no fear, nor do they grieve
True encouragement
Benefit
The verse categorically forbids us, Muslims, from taking people other than those of our religion as pure and sincere
Even if they show us love, their hearts harbor hatred for Muslims
It is a truth told to us by the One who created hearts and deposited in them what was deposited
Then the hadith offers us an ideal alternative, which is to love the people of our religion with a pure love for God, not for worldly interests
The blessing of the prophets and martyrs for his family is sufficient in his reward