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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Holy Quran Text. Translation & Commentary (volume One) Don't Take the Strangers As Confidant (verse No. 118) The argument continues with Muslim's relations with the other nations. Here by a fine hint, the verse warns Muslims that: ``O, you who believe! Do not take for intimate friends those who are not believers like yourselves, because such a friendship prevents them not to ruin and spoil you! They desire to see you in trouble and affliction.

Hatred has already been revealed through their mouths, and what they have concealed in their hearts against you is far greater than that!'' VERSE NO. 119 ``You Muslims do love them for different reasons, but they don't really love you.

You do believe in the complete revelations, and in the whole of the BOOK OF GOD, but they only have a part of the revelations in their hands.'' Then in order to throw off their mask and show their real face and feature to Muslims, it says: ``When they meet you, they claim to be believers just as you are, but when they are alone, they bite their finger tips due to their wrath and rage!'' VERSE NO.

120 And through this verse, another sign of their hatred and enmity has been stated: [ 407 ] ``If something good, such as victory befalls you, it will grieve them, but, if a calamity or misfortune or anything bad befalls you they rejoice at it, and yet they pretend to be your intimate friends.

But if you Muslim be patient and stand firm against their hostilities and fear God, they cannot hurt you for the least, because God encompasses whatever they do.'' وَإِذْ غَدَوْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ تُبَوِّىءُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَقَـاعِدَ لِلْقِتَالِ وَاللهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ (( 121 )) 121- AND REMEMBER WHEN YOU LEFT YOUR HOUSEHOLD AT DAWN TO LODGE THE BELIEVERS TO THEIR BATTLEPOSTS, AND ALLAH IS ALL-HEARING, ALL-KNOWING إذْ هَمَّت طَّآئفَتَانِ مِنكُمْ أَن تَفْشَلاَ وَاللهُ وَلِيُّهُمَا وَعَلَى اللهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ(( 122 )) 122- AND WHEN TWO PARTIES OF YOU BECAME FAINT- HEARTED (AND DECIDED TO LEAVE THE BATTLE - FIELD AND GO AWAY) AND ALLAH WAS THEIR GUARDIAN (AND HELPED THEM TO CHANGE THEIR MIND AND STAY FIRM) AND IN ALLAH, THE BELIEVERS PUT THEIR TRUSTS.

THE COMMENTARY VERSE NO. 121 & 122 These verses point at a very important incident of the history of Islam, which is the battle of OHUD. It was indeed a great testing event for the young Muslim's community.

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