Why One Must Not Befriend the Jews and Christians
Calls from the Most Merciful Text: al-Jazairi, Jabir. Calls from the Most Merciful . Karachi: Darul-Ishaat, 2003. 34 th Call [1] Why One Must Not Befriend the Jews and Christians يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ ۘ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ O you who believe! Do not take friends from the Jews and the Christians, as they are but friends of each other. And if any among you befriends them, then surely, he is one of them. Verily, Allah guides not those people who are the wrongdoers. Surah al-Maida 5:51 Notes o According to Asad, [2] Qutb [3] and Nasr [4] this verse is not general, it is specific; although al-Jazairi, [5] Ibn Kathir, [6] Abdullah Yusuf Ali [7] and as-Sa’di [8] disagree. It is specific in terms of political and military alliances, it is not general that it prohibits being ...
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