Whom Allah does not love? (4)

"Allah loveth not those who do wrong." Quraan 3:57

اللَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِينَ
آل عمران : ٥٧

"who do wrong" is equivalent to "alththalimeen" (الظالمين) in the original/Arabic verse.
-"ththolim/ظلم" commonly means "injustice" but the original linguistic meaning of the word is "to put something in the wrong place"
-"alththalimeen/الظالمين" is a plural form of the word "ththalim/ظالم" which means a person who practice "ththolim" (ظلم), it becomes "alththalimoon/الظالمون" if it's a subject in the context otherwise will be "alththalimeen/الظالمين" if it's an object. Hence, we can say that "alththalimeen/الظالمين" overall means "the wrong doers" and specifically the "unjust".

So who are "alththalimeen/الظالمين"?
"For whoso transgresseth Allah's limits: such are wrong-doers." Quraan 2:229

وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ اللَّهِ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
البقرة : ٢٢٩

"And whoever shall invent a falsehood after that concerning Allah, such will be wrong-doers. " Quraan 3:94

فَمَنِ افْتَرَىَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ مِن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
آل عمران : ٢٢٩

"whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unjust." Quraan 5:45

وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
المائدة : ٤٥

"O ye who believe! Choose not your fathers nor your brethren for friends if they take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith. Whoso of you taketh them for friends, such are wrong-doers. " Quraan 9:23

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ لاَ تَتَّخِذُواْ آبَاءَكُمْ وَإِخْوَانَكُمْ أَوْلِيَاء إِنِ اسْتَحَبُّواْ الْكُفْرَ عَلَى الإِيمَانِ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
التوبة : ٢٣

"They say, "We believe in Allah and in the messenger, and we obey": but even after that, some of them turn away: they are not (really) Believers.

When they are summoned to Allah and His messenger, in order that He may judge between them, behold some of them decline (to come).

But if the right is on their side, they come to him with all submission.

Is it that there is a disease in their hearts? or do they doubt, or are they in fear, that Allah and His Messenger will deal unjustly with them? Nay, it is they themselves who do wrong. " Quraan 24:47-50

وَيَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم مِّن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا أُوْلَئِكَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ

وَإِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

وَإِن يَكُن لَّهُمُ الْحَقُّ يَأْتُوا إِلَيْهِ مُذْعِنِينَ

أَفِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَمِ ارْتَابُوا أَمْ يَخَافُونَ أَن يَحِيفَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَرَسُولُهُ بَلْ أُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
النور : ٤٧-٥٠

"O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others: It may be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some women laugh at others: It may be that the (latter are better than the (former): Nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other, nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed: And those who do not desist are (indeed) doing wrong. " Quraan 49:11

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَى أَن يَكُونُوا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُمْ وَلا نِسَاء مِّن نِّسَاء عَسَى أَن يَكُنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهُنَّ وَلا تَلْمِزُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَلا تَنَابَزُوا بِالأَلْقَابِ بِئْسَ الاِسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الإِيمَانِ وَمَن لَّمْ يَتُبْ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
الحجرات : ١١

"Allah forbiddeth you only those who warred against you on account of religion and have driven you out from your homes and helped to drive you out, that ye make friends of them. Whosoever maketh friends of them - (All) such are wrong-doers. " Quraan 60:9

إِنَّمَا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَأَخْرَجُوكُم مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ وَظَاهَرُوا عَلَى إِخْرَاجِكُمْ أَن تَوَلَّوْهُمْ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمْ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
الممتحنة : ٩

"We know well how their talk grieveth thee, though in truth they deny not thee (Muhammad) but evil-doers flout the revelations of Allah. " Quraan 6:33

قَدْ نَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُ لَيَحْزُنُكَ الَّذِي يَقُولُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يُكَذِّبُونَكَ وَلَكِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ
الأنعام : ٣٣

"The Companions of the Garden will call out to the Companions of the Fire: "We have indeed found the promises of our Lord to us true: Have you also found Your Lord's promises true?" They shall say, "Yes"; but a crier shall proclaim between them: "The curse of Allah is on the wrong-doers;-

Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah and would seek in it something crooked: they were those who denied the Hereafter." 7:44-45

وَنَادَى أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ أَن قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّا فَهَلْ وَجَدتُّم مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّا قَالُواْ نَعَمْ فَأَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن لَّعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ

الَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِالآخِرَةِ كَافِرُونَ
الأعراف : ٤٤-٤٥

How does Allah regard them beside not loving them?
"Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk. " Quraan 2:258

اللَّهُ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
البقرة : ٢٥٨

If you are a wrong doer and you are aware of that then it is nonsense to ask Allah to guide you! First stop whatever wrong you are doing then ask for guidance and then Allah will guide more.

"Theirs will be a bed of hell, and over them coverings (of hell). Thus do We requite wrong-doers. " Quraan 7:41

لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍ وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الظَّالِمِينَ
الأعراف : ٤١

"The curse of Allah is on evil-doers" Quraan 7:44

أَن لَّعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ
الأعراف : ٤٤

"for wrong-doers is a painful doom." Quraan 14:22

إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
إبراهيم : ٢٢

"Allah confirmeth those who believe by a firm saying in the life of the world and in the Hereafter, and Allah sendeth wrong-doers astray. And Allah doeth what He will. " Quraan 14:27

يُثَبِّتُ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الآخِرَةِ وَيُضِلُّ اللَّهُ الظَّالِمِينَ وَيَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاء
إبراهيم : ٢٧

"And We reveal of the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy for believers though it increase the evil-doers in naught save ruin." Quraan 17:82

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاء وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلاَ يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلاَّ خَسَارًا
الإسراء : ٨٢

"And one of them who should say: Lo! I am a god beside Him, that one We should repay with hell. Thus We Repay wrong-doers. " Quraan 21:29

وَمَن يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّي إِلَهٌ مِّن دُونِهِ فَذَلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الظَّالِمِينَ
الأنبياء : ٢٩

"He maketh whom He will to enter His mercy, and for evil-doers hath prepared a painful doom. " Quraan 76:31

يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَاء فِي رَحْمَتِهِ وَالظَّالِمِينَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
الإنسان : ٣١

FYI:

"Allah is aware of evil-doers." Quraan 2:95

وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ
البقرة : ٩٥

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SINFUL SLAVE.


It’s Cold, It’s Late, everybody’s sleeping.

I arise and ask Allah to forgive me.
Oh Allah you see, Oh Allah you know.

All the sins I do, I turn to you to forgive my sins in my heart.


(Chorus)
I’m your Sinful Slave.

You’re my Loving Lord.

I’m the one who runs away.

Oh Allah guide me.


My sins are mountains high.
Your mercy is so wide.

Love me, guide me.

Forgive me all my sins.

My heart inclines to that which is evil and nasty.

I realise that satan’s the one that deceives me.

I wanna make things right, I stand before you here.

Forgive the sins I do, that’s why I turn to you.

I turn to you to forgive my sins in my heart.


(Chorus)
I’m your Sinful Slave.

You’re my Loving Lord.

I’m the one who runs away.

Oh Allah guide me.


My sins are mountains high.
Your mercy is so wide.

Love me, guide me.

Forgive me all my sins.


(Break Away)

All my life I’ve been so blind I don’t know what to say.

I’ve disobeyed my lord I’ve lost control, my mind has gone astray.

No good have I done, only myself to blame.

Please my Lord don’t take my soul.
I don’t wanna burn in your flame.


I hope, I pray, I hope that Allah will forgive me.

I’m so scared, I no longer wanna be lonely.

It’s time to make a change, the way I live my life.

Islam will guide me through, Surrender myself to you.

My Lord I ask you to bring the light in my life.


(Chorus)
I’m your Sinful Slave.

You’re my Loving Lord.

I’m the one who runs away.

Oh Allah guide me.


My sins are mountains high.
Your mercy is so wide.

Love me, guide me.

Forgive me all my sins.

Whom Allah does not love? (3)

"Allah loveth not the disbelievers (in His guidance)." Quraan 3:32

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْكَافِرِينَ
آل عمران : ٣٢

The word "the disbelievers (in His guidance)" is equivalent to "Al Kafireen" in the Arabic (original) verse, that was the translation of Pickthal, the meaning of the translation is essentially correct but apparently doesn't suit the context as will be explained underneath.

"Al Kafiroon" means people who practice "Kufur" it becomes "Al Kafireen" if it's object in the context, the word "Kufur" has many meanings in Arabic but overall they all means directly or indirectly "Covering/Hiding something". This word is really crucial and sensitive, giving the consequences of misinterpreting it along history and till present; Thousands if not hundred of thousands of innocent lives were ended by blind extremists in the name of Allah because of misinterpretation to that word! Inshallah sometime in the future I'll provide a comprehensive essay about the different meanings of that word, in the meanwhile it should be enough to know that the general meaning of that word is "to cover/hide something".

So what sort of "Kafireen" is the verse talking about?
We need to review the verse in context:

"Say, (O Muhammad, to mankind): If ye love Allah, follow me; Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Say: Obey Allah and the messenger. But if they turn away, lo! Allah loveth not the disbelievers (in His guidance). " Quraan 3:31-32

قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

قُلْ أَطِيعُواْ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْكَافِرِينَ

So now we know what sort of Kafireen the verse is talking about, it's talking about the people who claim to love but practically don't show their love! In other words, the people who hide their love! If I love someone then that love should manifest itself practically on my treatment to that person! Probably the verse is not only saying that Allah doesn't love believers who claim to love Allah that don't follow the Prophet but could be any person who claim to love someone but doesn't show that love! For instance, if I say I love my wife but I don't treat her well according to that love then I could be the kind of Kafireen Allah doesn't love! Why do we suppress our love?! We don't feel ashamed of showing hatred but feel ashamed of showing love?! Let's reflect that good energy inside us and suppress the bad one!

The verse was revealed after some people claimed that they love Allah, so He challenged them by asking them to follow the Prophet if they really do, that how they would show their love to Allah. Some Hadiths indicate that the people the verse was talking about was Muslims but Munafiqoon (Hypocrites), other Hadiths say it was talking about Christians or Jewish. Regardless of who they were, they basically claimed to be believers and love Allah.

Whom Allah does not love? (2)

"Allah loveth not the impious and guilty." Quraan 2:276

اللَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ أَثِيمٍ
البقرة : ٢٧٦

"impious" is equivalent to "Kaffaar" in the original (Arabic) verse, which means a person who is very ungrateful. "guilty" is equivalent to "Atheem" in the original (Arabic) verse, which means quite a sinner. According to the Arabic context, the verse is talking about a practiced and ungrateful sinner, a person who usually keeps committing sins.

Allah knows that mankind are not perfect, we do mistakes, that's expectable, but if you are an honest believer then it's also expected that you repent from the sins, which means you regret doing what you did and have no intentions of redoing them again. However, if you keep repeating the same mistakes then something is fundamentally wrong here; You would be the kind of believers the verse is talking about!

"Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped.

And follow the best of (the courses) revealed to you from your Lord, before the Penalty comes on you - of a sudden while ye perceive not!-

Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who mocked!'-

Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I should certainly have been among the righteous!'-

Or (lest) it should say when it (actually) sees the penalty: 'If only I had another chance, I should certainly be among those who do good!'

(The reply will be:) 'Nay, but there came to thee my Signs, and thou didst reject them: thou wast Haughty, and became one of those who reject faith!'" Quraan 54-59

وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لا تُنصَرُونَ

وَاتَّبِعُوا أَحْسَنَ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لا تَشْعُرُونَ

أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتَى عَلَى مَا فَرَّطتُ فِي جَنبِ اللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِرِينَ

أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هَدَانِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ

أَوْ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى الْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةً فَأَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

بَلَى قَدْ جَاءَتْكَ آيَاتِي فَكَذَّبْتَ بِهَا وَاسْتَكْبَرْتَ وَكُنتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ
الزمر : ٥٤-٥٩

Whom Allah does not love? (1)

"Allah loveth not aggressors." Quraan 2:190

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ
البقرة : ١٩٠

An aggressor is a person who attacks first, that's whom Allah does not love and will very likely be punished later on in the judgment day depends on the kind of attack and its severity as some attacks might not get punished for but Allah still doesn't love who commit them. For example, hurting someone else feelings by being rude is an emotional attack, if you started it out of nowhere, like the other person did nothing wrong to you then that's theoretically considered an aggression which Allah doesn't love even though you won't be punished for because it's only Makrooh (undesirable) not Haram (forbidden). However if you start attacking someone physically then it's something Haram (forbidden) so Allah doesn't love it and will punish you for doing it as well.

How do you get treated when you are beloved? How when you are not? If you ask a person who does love you for a favor he will very likely do it for you, how about asking someone who doesn't love you? If you have been praying a lot for long and your prayers haven't been fulfilled then review yourself a bit and make sure you are not an aggressor because if you are then that could be why your prayers haven't been fulfilled yet even though Allah promised us to fulfill our prayers:

"And your Lord hath said: Pray unto Me and I will answer you" Quraan 40:60

وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ
غافر : ٦٠