O Muslims - 45

 

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Extracted from QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir PART I:

23. Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la tattakhithoo abaakum wa-ikhwanakum awliyaa ini istahabboo alkufra AAala al-eemani waman yatawallahum minkum faola-ika humu alththalimoona

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9:23. O you who believe! Do not take your fathers and your brothers as awliya⁷ if they love suppression of the Truth more than faith in the Truth. And those of you who take them as awliya, those it is that do wrong.

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7. Refer to my blog post, Awliya, for a comprehensive Qur’aanic meaning of the Arabic term.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 18^th of December 2020.

O Muslims - 25

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

Adapted from QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir PART I:

144. Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la tattakhithoo alkafireena awliyaa min dooni almu/mineena atureedoona an tajAAaloo lillahi AAalaykum sultanan mubeenan

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4:144. O you who believe! Do not take the suppressors of Truth, rather than the believers, for close friends.⁷⁵ Do you wish that you yourselves should provide for Allah a manifest proof against you?

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75. The Arabic term, which is translated here as 'close friends', is awliya. For the comprehensive Qur'aanic meaning of wali (singular of awliya) please refer blog post: Awliya.

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Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 31^st of July 2020.