Page 172 - Learning from the Qur'an

My sons! Seek news of Yusuf and his brother. Do not despair of
solace from Allah. No one despairs of solace from Allah except
for people who are unbelievers.' (Qur'an, 12:87)

THEY DO NOT PROTECT THE GUILTY
You who believe! Do not take My enemy and your enemy as
friends, showing love for them when they have rejected the truth
that has come to you, driving out the Messenger and yourselves
simply because you believe in Allah your Lord. If you go out to
strive in My Way and to seek My pleasure, keeping secret the love
you have for them, I know best what you conceal and what you
make known. Any of you who do that have strayed from the right
way. (Qur'an, 60:1)
You will not find people who believe in Allah and the Last Day
having love for anyone who opposes Allah and His Messenger,
though they be their fathers, their sons, their brothers or their clan.
Allah has inscribed faith upon such people's hearts and will
reinforce them with a Spirit from Him and admit them into
Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them
timelessly, for ever. Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased
with Him. Such people are the party of Allah. Truly it is the party
of Allah who are successful. (Qur'an, 58:22)

THEY ARE PEACE-MAKERS
AND CONCILIATORS
Do not, by your oaths, make Allah a pretext to avoid good action
and guarding against evil and putting things right between people.
Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Qur'an, 2:224)
But if someone fears bias or wrongdoing on the part of the person
making the will, and puts things right between the people
involved, in that case he has not committed any crime. Allah is
Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Qur'an, 2:182)

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