Page 48 - Commonly Disregarded Qur'anic Rulings

46 COMMONLY DISREGARDED QURANIC RULINGS

LACK OF AFFECTION FOR THOSE
WHO OPPOSE ALLAH’S WORDS

All the value judgments of believers are based on the stan-
dards of the Qur’an and the Sunna. Love is one of these. A
believer loves only what Allah loves and has no affection for
those who oppose Allah and Muslims. This is a definitive and
certain measure that Allah sets out in the Qur’an and also is

the natural inclination of any sincere believer. The love he
feels for Allah and the believers is dependent upon his faith.
The intensity of the love that Allah has towards believers
increases according to the measure of their faith. A true
believer cannot feel affection for enemies of his religion.
Allah explains in the following verse:
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. (Surat al-
Mujadala; 22)
Some who have recently embraced Islam and have not yet
become acquainted with the values of the Qur’an may still
have an erroneous understanding of love and friendship. A
flawed attitude generally stems from insufficient knowledge of
religious moral values and therefore a failure to wholeheart-
edly embrace the religious outlook. But Allah addresses
believers as follows: