Page 43 - Devoted to Allah

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

Allah, and we reject you. Between us and you there
will be enmity and hatred for ever unless and until
you have faith in Allah alone…” (Surat al-
Mumtahana: 4)
You who believe, do not befriend your fathers or your
brothers if they prefer disbelief to faith. Those among
you who do befriend them are wrongdoers. (Surat at-
Tawba: 23)
You will not find people who believe in Allah and the
Last Day on friendly terms with anyone who opposes
Allah and His Messenger, even though they be their
fathers, their sons, their brothers or their nearest kin-
dred... (Surat al-Mujadala: 22)
As the verses above make clear, the love of a believer

rests on no other criterion than the “love felt for Allah.”
Setting aside all factors such as kinship or material wealth,
this love is deeply rooted in faith and noble values. A be-
liever has love for those whose faith is assured rather than
for those possessing fame, money or social status, which
are only seemingly important.
Having purified his feelings of love of factors other
than “the love felt for Allah,” a believer loves the one who
fears Allah most and who is most attentive to seeking His
pleasure. The more one has of the attributes peculiar to a
believer, the more one is cherished by believers. In the
Qur’an, too, we witness believers holding most dear the
Prophet (saas)—the one who is nearest to Allah and the
one who fears Allah most:

The Prophet has closer ties to the believers than they
have to each other… (Surat al-Ahzab: 6)

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