Al-A'raf 93: Jethro (Shuayb) turned away from them and said; “Oh my nation! I have proclaimed to you the truths that my Lord has sent, and I have given you advice to you. After this, how could I have pity for a nation of infidels?”
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Jethro (Shuayb) turned away from them and said; “Oh my nation! I have proclaimed to you the truths that my Lord has sent, and I have given you advice to you. After this, how could I have pity for a nation of infidels?”
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Shu'ayb 'alaihis-salâm turned away from this polytheistic and disbelieving people and said to them: "O my people! I have announced to you the truth sent by my Lord, and I have given you advice, but the disbelievers do not take advice and do not listen. They rebel against Allah by denying those who give them advice.
(So how can I pity a people who disbelieve?) The people who pity a people who are enemies of Allah and disobey Allah are of them. Silence to disbelief is consent to it, whether by interfering with it with one's hands or with one's tongue, except for those who dislike it with their hearts, if they are unable to do so. In this respect, if he pities those who are enemies of Allah and sides with them, he is in the ranks of those who are enemies of Allah. In this respect, are we more merciful than Allah for those whom Allah does not pity, because these are the people who want to extinguish the torch of those who have the love of Allah burning like a torch in their hearts, and who want to extinguish the torch of those who are sustained by the love of Allah, and who want to erase the light of Allah from the face of the earth. By saying, "Can such people be pitied?" he proved his loyalty to Allah (swt) against his people and that he had taken his place on the side of Allah (swt).
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Surah Al-A'raf, verse 93: Shu'ayb turned away from them and inwardly said: O my people, I have conveyed to you the truths my Lord sent, and I have advised you. How then should I pity a disbelieving people, he says. Indeed, for a people Allah has no pity on, a people Allah created yet has no pity on, how should I have pity, he says. Shu'ayb (peace be upon him), turning away from this idolatrous and disbelieving people, said inwardly: O my people, you see, he calls out to them after the destruction, O my people, I have conveyed to you the truths my Lord sent, and I have advised you. But disbelievers do not take advice and do not listen.
Denying the one who advises, they rebel against Allah. Well, Hodja, do these hear? That's what Shu'ayb (peace be upon him) says, though. The Prophet (peace be upon him), at the Battle of Badr, after throwing those disbelievers into a well, calls out to them. When the Abu Jahls, the Abu Lahabs, or those commanders were thrown into that well, the commanders there (?), not all of them. He calls out to the commanders there. How, he says? Was death true, he says? Was Allah true, he says? Was the religion of Islam true, he says? To them. (?) says: O Messenger of Allah, do these dead hear? They, he says, hear better than you, he says.
Why? There are souls that have left the body. And the Prophet is both outward and inward. Since he is alive, he addresses them, them. Now they hear better. Because they have gone to the world of truth. They have gone to their true home. Now there they are better than you; they are now aware of that world, and they hear better than you, he says. So Shu'ayb (peace be upon him) says the very same words. Yes.
What does Shu'ayb (peace be upon him) say? Turning away from this idolatrous and disbelieving people, he said inwardly: O my people! He too says it inwardly. I have conveyed to you the truths my Lord sent, and I have advised you. But disbelievers do not take advice and do not listen. Denying the one who advises, they rebel against Allah. How then should I pity a disbelieving people? People who follow a people that is hostile to Allah and opposes Allah and pity them become one of them too. (?), silence is consent to it. Unless one intervenes with hand or tongue; if one cannot manage them, those who in their heart detest them are exempt.
In this respect, whoever pities those hostile to Allah and takes their side has himself taken his place in the ranks of Allah's enemies. In this respect, (?), are we more merciful than Allah, that we should pity them? Because these people, the people in whose hearts it burns like a torch and who stand by the love of Allah, trying to put out those people's torch, want to erase Allah's light on earth and cover it up. Saying, can such people be pitied, he proves to his people his devotion to Allah Almighty and that he has taken his place on Allah's side.