Page 49 - Commonly Disregarded Qur'anic Rulings

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 47

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 seeking My pleasure, keeping secret
the love you have for them, I know best what you
conceal and what at you make known. Any of you
who do that have strayed from the right way.”
(Surat Al-Mumtahana; 1)
One who retains his former understanding of love and
adopts values incompatible with the morals of the Qur’an
despite this explicit warning will “stray from the sound-
ness of the way.” If he should try to conceal this state of
mind and associates with Muslims because of personal inter-
ests, his wrong intention will be revealed by Allah sooner or
later. In a verse Allah reveals:

Or did you suppose that you would be left without
Allah knowing those of you who have strived and
who have not taken anyone as their intimate friends
besides Allah and His messenger and the believers?
Allah is aware of what you do. (Surat at-Tawba; 16)

NOT FEARING CENSURE BY OPPONENTS
In every age, true believers have been criticized by the
society in which they live since they serve Allah alone,
observe His limits and strive to earn His good pleasure rather
than that of the mass of the people. Unbelievers are antago-