Islam Guidance

Verse139

(139) الَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاء مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَيَبْتَغُونَ عِندَهُمُ الْعِزَّةَ فَإِنَّ العِزَّةَ لِلّهِ جَمِيعًا

139. " (Hypocrites are) those who take the disbelievers for (their) friends instead of the believers - do they seek glory in them ? - Then, verily, all glory belongs to Allah. "
Commentary :
In this holy verse, the hypocrites are characterized as follows:
" (Hypocrites are) those who take the disbelievers for (their) friends instead of the believers - ..."
Then the Qur'an inquires what their purpose is from this choice. Do they realy want to obtain a credit and honour for themselves by making friends with them?

They should know that honour and glory totally belongs to Allah, because glory always originates from ' Knowledg ' and ' power '. Therefore, those whose knowledge and power is little, are not in a position that they can be the origine of glory.
"...do they seek glory in them ? - Then, verily, all glory belongs to Allah. "
This verse warns all the Muslims not to seek for the disbelievers' glory in all aspects of life, irrespective of: economical glory, culturd glory, political glory, and the like of it, in making friends with the enemies of Islam. Whenever their interest requires they immediately leave out their own most intimate allies and refer to their own affairs, so that as if they have never been acquainted with each other. The present era is a clear witness to this fact.
(So, in the foreign policy, we must not seek our glry in attachment with pagans.) We recite in Munajat-Sha'baniyyah: " O' Lord! My abundance and my deficiency is in Your hand, not in the hand of other than You".

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