In answer to the video "The Hateful World of Islam"
The fate of previous nations that neglected the principles mentionned earlier, being reliant on the wrong groups, is well known.
When the Israelites, as alluded to earlier, did not maintain eachother on the straight path by safeguarding the ways of righteousness, starting from the leaders of the community down to the layman, and instead sought protection and friendship from the unrighteous people whom they were divinely commanded to exterminate, and other non-monotheistic people, as is clear from their own scriptures, their cohesion as a nation, and their spirituality collapsed.
The Quran condemns them for such behavior 5:78-81,7:65. The prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel in their own books, as well as others, harshly condemned the Israelites for their spiritual and ethical compromises with the aim of forming strategic alliances, instead of relying on the God that carried, established and protected them. They sought instead closeness in times of hardships and wars with pagan nations, the Egyptians and Assyrians, resulting in them adopting polytheistic ways, fighting one another. Had they instead remained steadfast to their bond with God that once kept them not only on the straight spiritual path but that also safeguarded their unity as a nation, they would have increased spiritually through their challenging times and came out succesful
Micah4:9"Now, why do you seek friends? Is the King not among you? Has your Counsellor perished, that pangs have seized you like a woman in confinement?".David similarily decried that attitude, of the one who despises all ways of righteousness as well as the individuals walking on it, and ultimately God Himself, prefering to rely on the sinner and false deities
Ps40:5"Praiseworthy is the man who made the Lord his trust, and did not turn to the haughty and those who turn to falsehood".
The history was now repeating itself with the new nation raised to be the standard bearers of the truth among the nations. The Muslim community was at the precipice of falling back to their previous state of disbelief and losing the honor granted to them
3:149"if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back upon your heels..Allah is your Guardian and He is the best of the helpers".God is the best of helpers, is a reality uttered and repeated not only by Muhammad, but the noble and righteous personalities of the past, as David
Ps54:6"Behold, God is my Helper".At all costs they had to avoid seeking the guardianship and friendship of Islam's open enemies, whether from among the pagans and their allies among the people of the book, or the Muslim community itself. It is important to note here, the Quranic directive against seeking alliances of any kind with groups that do not invite to a righteous conduct and correct faith, that seek to harm Muslims under the guise of good will, this directive does not tell Muslims to seek a policy of measure for measure. It does not require them to return these people’s hate, grudges and evil schemes with similar feelings and attitudes. It seeks only to provide protection for the Muslim community. It simply warns the Muslims of the danger presented by them. Some obvious outwards signs and behavior to recognize them is that they are those who mock the religion and the prayer 5:57-58, whose hatred for Muslims has already been apparent through their mouths and evidently conceil yet greater hatred in their hearts, who rejoice in whatever evil befalls the Muslims, who drove them out of their homes and oppressed them solely for their faith and who wouldnt hesitate to oppress them again whenever the conditions allow it 60:1-2,9,13.
Seeking bonds with those that oppose the truth and follow crooked ways, especially in times of spiritual challenges when one's morality is most vulnerable, unavoidably leads to a gradual abandonment of those virtues that characterize a rightoues person. And to turn the Muslims "upon their heels" is the true motivations of the enemies of Islam disguised as their friends and helpers, whether from within or outside the fold of Islam
2:217,4:89"They desire that you should disbelieve as they have disbelieved, so that you might be (all) alike; therefore take not from among them friends".An enemy should therefore be treated as one, not a friend
35:6"Surely the Shaitan is your enemy, so take him for an enemy; he only invites his party that they may be inmates of the burning".Friendship is built upon the foundation of mutual love which is not the case of those who attempt to deceive the Muslims out of their faith under the guise of friendship. It is irrelevant to them whether Muslims are sincere in their friendship, or are simply seeking their protection out of fear
60:1,3:119"you are they who will love them while they do not love you".
It is well known and related both in the Quran and hadith that many outsiders, whether from among the people of the book or the pagans, feinted friendship, even conversion in order to stealthily achieve their objective of harming the Muslim community from within. They would thus approach the Muslim community under the guise of sincerity while they were in fact
5:41"listeners for another people who have not come to you"
5:61"they come to you, they say: We believe; and indeed they come in with unbelief and indeed they go forth with it; and Allah knows best what they concealed".They preyd on the weak elements of the community who would run to them seeking their guardianship, in fear of their superior military strength
5:52"We fear lest a calamity should befall us".The Quran tells the Muslims, these people of the book and their pagan allies are certainly not guardians nor friends to the Muslims 5:51,8:73 but instead only eachother's guardians
45:19"and surely the unjust are friends of each other".Believers should be aware at all times of those aforementionned facts. These warnings seem like straightforward and logical directives which any community should follow in difficult times in order to keep its cohesion and not compromise its principles, but it is precisely in those times that logic and reason mostly makes place to emotion and irrational fear. This is where the Quran comes to sooth the believers with means by which to overcome these hard times and enhance their cohesion and spirituality instead
5:55"Only Allah is your wali/guardian and His Messenger and those who believe".Only the righteous can be eachother's guardians, guarding eachother on the straight path 8:72,9:71.
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