Surah Mumtahina ayat 7 Tafsir Quran 60:7

﴿۞ عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُم مِّنْهُم مَّوَدَّةً ۚ وَاللَّهُ قَدِيرٌ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ﴾
[ الممتحنة: 7]

60:7 Perhaps Allah will put, between you and those to whom you have been enemies among them, affection. And Allah is competent, and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

It may be that God will bring about between you and those of them with whom you are at enmity from among the disbelievers of Mecca out of your obedience to God exalted be He affection by His guiding them to faith so that they then become your friends. For God is Powerful able to do that — and He did do this after the conquest of Mecca — and God is Forgiving to them of their past deeds Merciful to them also.

Perhaps Allah may take the matters of fact and circumstance them after His own manner and convert ill-will, between you and those with whom you were at enmity, into affection, He is Qadirun (Omnipotent), and Allah is Ghafurun (Forgiving), and Rahimun (Merciful)

Perhaps Allah will make friendship between you and those whom you hold as enemies.
And Allah has power ( over all things ), and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful ( 7 )Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes.
Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity ( 8 )It is only as regards those who fought against you on account of religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive you out, that Allah forbids you to befriend them.
And whosoever will befriend them, then such are the wrongdoers ( 9 ) Perhaps Allah will make a Friendship between You and Those, whom You hold as Enemies Allah said to His faithful servants, after ordering them to be enemies with the disbelievers, عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ مَوَدَّةً ۚ ( Perhaps Allah will make friendship between you and those, whom you hold as enemies. ) meaning affection after animosity, tenderness after coldness and coming together after parting from each other, وَاللَّهُ قَدِيرٌ ۚ ( And Allah has power (over all things ),) Allah is able to gather opposites and bring together hearts, after feeling hostility and hardness.
In this case, the hearts will come together in agreement, just as Allah said when He mentioned His favor on the Ansar, وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ أَعْدَاءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَانًا وَكُنْتُمْ عَلَىٰ شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْهَا ۗ ( And remember Allah's favor on you, for you were enemies one to another but He joined your hearts together, so that, by His grace, you became brethren and were on the brink of a pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. )( 3:103 ) Also the Prophet ﷺ said to them, أَلَمْ أَجِدْكُمْ ضُلَّالًا فَهَدَاكُمُ اللهُ بِي، وَكُنْتُمْ مُتَفَرِّقِينَ فَأَلَّفَكُمُ اللهُ بِي؟ ( Did I not find you misguided, and Allah guided you through me; and divided, and Allah united [ your hearts ] through me? ) Allah the Exalted said, وَإِنْ يُرِيدُوا أَنْ يَخْدَعُوكَ فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ الَّذِي أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِ وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ - وَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ ۚ لَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مَا أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ( He it is Who has supported you with His help and with the believers.
And He has united their hearts.
If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts, but Allah has united them.
Certainly He is Almighty, All-Wise. )( 8:62,63 ) And in the Hadith: أَحْبِبْ حَبِيبَكَ هَوْنًا مَا، فَعَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ بَغِيضَكَ يَوْمًا مَا، وَأَبْغِضْ بَغِيضَكَ هَوْنًا مَا، فَعَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ حَبِيبَكَ يَوْمًا مَا ( Love your loved one moderately, because one day, he might become your enemy.
Hate your hated one moderately, because one day, he might become your loved one. ) Allah's statement, وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ ( And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. ) means, Allah forgives the disbelief of the disbelievers if they repent from it, returned to their Lord and surrendered to Him in Islam.
Surely, He is the Oft-Forgiving, the Most-Merciful to those who repent to Him from their sins, no matter what type of the sin it is. The Permissibility of being Kind to Disbelievers who do not fight against the Religion And Allah's statement; لَا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ ( Allah does not forbid you with those who fought not against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes, ) means, those who did not have a role in your expulsion.
Therefore, Allah does not forbid you from being kind to the disbelievers who do not fight you because of the religion, such as women and weak disbelievers, أَنْ تَبَرُّوهُمْ ( to deal kindly ) to be gentle with them, وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ ( and justly with those ) to be fair with them إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ ( Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity. ) Imam Ahmad recorded that Asma' bint Abu Bakr said, "My mother, who was an idolatress at the time, came to me during the Treaty of Peace, the Prophet ﷺ conducted with the Quraysh.
I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Allah's Messenger! My mother came visiting, desiring something from me, should I treat her with good relations?' The Prophet ﷺ said, نَعَمْ صِلِي أُمَّكِ ( Yes.
Keep good relation with your mother. )" The Two Sahihs recorded this Hadith.
Imam Ahmad recorded that 'Abdullah bin Zubayr said, "Qutaylah came visiting her daughter, Asma' bint Abi Bakr, with some gifts, such as Dibab, cheese and clarified ( cooking ) butter, and she was an idolatress at that time.
Asma' refused to accept her mother's gifts and did not let her enter her house.
'A'ishah asked the Prophet ﷺ about his verdict and Allah sent down the Ayah, لَا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ ( Allah does not forbid you with those who fought not against you on account of religion ) until the end of the Ayah.
Allah's Messenger ﷺ ordered Asma' to accept her mother's gifts and to let her enter her house." Allah's statement, إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ ( Allah loves those who deal with equity. ) was duly explained in the Tafsir of Surat Al-Hujurat.
We also mentioned the authentic Hadith, الْمُقْسِطُونَ عَلىٰ مَنَابِرَ مِنْ نُورٍ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْعَرْشِ، الَّذِينَ يَعْدِلُونَ فِي حُكْمِهِمْ وَأَهَالِيهِمْ وَمَا وَلُوا ( The just, who are fair in their decisions, families and those under their authority, will be on podiums made of light, to the right of the Throne. ) The Prohibition of being Kind towards Combatant Disbelievers Allah's statement, إِنَّمَا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَأَخْرَجُوكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ وَظَاهَرُوا عَلَىٰ إِخْرَاجِكُمْ أَنْ تَوَلَّوْهُمْ ۚ ( It is only as regards those who fought against you on account of religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive you out that Allah forbids you to befriend them. )( 60:9 ) means, 'Allah forbids you from being kind and befriending with the disbelievers who are openly hostile to you, those who fought against you, expelled you and helped to expel you.
Allah the Exalted forbids you from being their friends and orders you to be their enemy.' Then Allah stresses His threat against being friends with them, by saying, وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ ( And whosoever will befriend them, then such are the wrongdoers. ) As He said; يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ ۘ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ ( O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as protecting friends, they are but protecting friends of each other.
And if any among you takes them (as protecting friends ), then surely, he is one of them.
Verily, Allah guides not those people who are the wrongdoers)( 5:51 )

(60:7) It may well be that Allah will implant love between you and those with whom you have had enmity. *11 Allah is Most Powerful; and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Compassionate.

Perhaps Allah will put, between you and meaning

*11) Although the true believers were following the exhortation to sever their connections with the unbelieving kinsmen patiently, yet Allah knew how hard it was to break off one's connections with one's parents, brothers and sisters and near relations.
Therefore, Allah consoled them with the hope that a time would soon come when their same relations would become Muslims and their today's enmity would again change into love tomorrow.
When this thing was said no one could understand how this would happen.
But hardly a few weeks had passed after the revelation of these verses when Makkah fell and the people of Quraish began to enter Islam in large numbers, and the Muslims witnessed with their own eyes how the hope they were given materialized.

Perhaps Allah will make friendship between you and those whom you hold as enemies.
And Allah has power ( over all things ), and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful ( 7 )Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes.
Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity ( 8 )It is only as regards those who fought against you on account of religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive you out, that Allah forbids you to befriend them.
And whosoever will befriend them, then such are the wrongdoers ( 9 ) Perhaps Allah will make a Friendship between You and Those, whom You hold as Enemies Allah said to His faithful servants, after ordering them to be enemies with the disbelievers, عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ مَوَدَّةً ۚ ( Perhaps Allah will make friendship between you and those, whom you hold as enemies. ) meaning affection after animosity, tenderness after coldness and coming together after parting from each other, وَاللَّهُ قَدِيرٌ ۚ ( And Allah has power (over all things ),) Allah is able to gather opposites and bring together hearts, after feeling hostility and hardness.
In this case, the hearts will come together in agreement, just as Allah said when He mentioned His favor on the Ansar, وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ أَعْدَاءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَانًا وَكُنْتُمْ عَلَىٰ شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْهَا ۗ ( And remember Allah's favor on you, for you were enemies one to another but He joined your hearts together, so that, by His grace, you became brethren and were on the brink of a pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. )( 3:103 ) Also the Prophet ﷺ said to them, أَلَمْ أَجِدْكُمْ ضُلَّالًا فَهَدَاكُمُ اللهُ بِي، وَكُنْتُمْ مُتَفَرِّقِينَ فَأَلَّفَكُمُ اللهُ بِي؟ ( Did I not find you misguided, and Allah guided you through me; and divided, and Allah united [ your hearts ] through me? ) Allah the Exalted said, وَإِنْ يُرِيدُوا أَنْ يَخْدَعُوكَ فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ اللَّهُ ۚ هُوَ الَّذِي أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِ وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ - وَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ ۚ لَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مَا أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ( He it is Who has supported you with His help and with the believers.
And He has united their hearts.
If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts, but Allah has united them.
Certainly He is Almighty, All-Wise. )( 8:62,63 ) And in the Hadith: أَحْبِبْ حَبِيبَكَ هَوْنًا مَا، فَعَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ بَغِيضَكَ يَوْمًا مَا، وَأَبْغِضْ بَغِيضَكَ هَوْنًا مَا، فَعَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ حَبِيبَكَ يَوْمًا مَا ( Love your loved one moderately, because one day, he might become your enemy.
Hate your hated one moderately, because one day, he might become your loved one. ) Allah's statement, وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ ( And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. ) means, Allah forgives the disbelief of the disbelievers if they repent from it, returned to their Lord and surrendered to Him in Islam.
Surely, He is the Oft-Forgiving, the Most-Merciful to those who repent to Him from their sins, no matter what type of the sin it is. The Permissibility of being Kind to Disbelievers who do not fight against the Religion And Allah's statement; لَا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ ( Allah does not forbid you with those who fought not against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes, ) means, those who did not have a role in your expulsion.
Therefore, Allah does not forbid you from being kind to the disbelievers who do not fight you because of the religion, such as women and weak disbelievers, أَنْ تَبَرُّوهُمْ ( to deal kindly ) to be gentle with them, وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ ( and justly with those ) to be fair with them إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ ( Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity. ) Imam Ahmad recorded that Asma' bint Abu Bakr said, "My mother, who was an idolatress at the time, came to me during the Treaty of Peace, the Prophet ﷺ conducted with the Quraysh.
I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Allah's Messenger! My mother came visiting, desiring something from me, should I treat her with good relations?' The Prophet ﷺ said, نَعَمْ صِلِي أُمَّكِ ( Yes.
Keep good relation with your mother. )" The Two Sahihs recorded this Hadith.
Imam Ahmad recorded that 'Abdullah bin Zubayr said, "Qutaylah came visiting her daughter, Asma' bint Abi Bakr, with some gifts, such as Dibab, cheese and clarified ( cooking ) butter, and she was an idolatress at that time.
Asma' refused to accept her mother's gifts and did not let her enter her house.
'A'ishah asked the Prophet ﷺ about his verdict and Allah sent down the Ayah, لَا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ ( Allah does not forbid you with those who fought not against you on account of religion ) until the end of the Ayah.
Allah's Messenger ﷺ ordered Asma' to accept her mother's gifts and to let her enter her house." Allah's statement, إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ ( Allah loves those who deal with equity. ) was duly explained in the Tafsir of Surat Al-Hujurat.
We also mentioned the authentic Hadith, الْمُقْسِطُونَ عَلىٰ مَنَابِرَ مِنْ نُورٍ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْعَرْشِ، الَّذِينَ يَعْدِلُونَ فِي حُكْمِهِمْ وَأَهَالِيهِمْ وَمَا وَلُوا ( The just, who are fair in their decisions, families and those under their authority, will be on podiums made of light, to the right of the Throne. ) The Prohibition of being Kind towards Combatant Disbelievers Allah's statement, إِنَّمَا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَأَخْرَجُوكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ وَظَاهَرُوا عَلَىٰ إِخْرَاجِكُمْ أَنْ تَوَلَّوْهُمْ ۚ ( It is only as regards those who fought against you on account of religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive you out that Allah forbids you to befriend them. )( 60:9 ) means, 'Allah forbids you from being kind and befriending with the disbelievers who are openly hostile to you, those who fought against you, expelled you and helped to expel you.
Allah the Exalted forbids you from being their friends and orders you to be their enemy.' Then Allah stresses His threat against being friends with them, by saying, وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ ( And whosoever will befriend them, then such are the wrongdoers. ) As He said; يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ ۘ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ ( O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as protecting friends, they are but protecting friends of each other.
And if any among you takes them (as protecting friends ), then surely, he is one of them.
Verily, Allah guides not those people who are the wrongdoers)( 5:51 )

( It may be ) may be when used in connection with Allah denotes a requisite ( that Allah will ordain love ) a bond and marriage relationships; and it so happened that the Prophet ( pbuh ) married, upon the conquest of Mecca, Umm Habibah, the daughter of Abu Sufyan, and this became a bond between them and the Prophet ( pbuh ) ( between you and those of them with whom ye are at enmity ) those of the people of Mecca whom you oppose with regard to religion. ( Allah is Mighty ) He is able to give His Prophet the upper hand over the disbelievers of Quraysh, ( and Allah is Forgiving ) He forgives whoever amongt them repents of disbelief and accepts faith in Allah, ( Merciful ) towards whoever amongst them dies in a state of faith and repentance.

Perhaps Allah will make friendship between you and those whom you hold as enemies. And Allah has power (over all things), and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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