Islam Guidance

verse51

Section 8
The relation of the Muslims with their apponents
To treat the Jews and Chrislians as enemies - Only Allah and His Messenger and those who believe, establish prayer and give the poor-rate are the Guardians of the Muslims

(51) يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ لاَ تَتَّخِذُواْ الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى أَوْلِيَاء بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاء بَعْضٍ وَمَن

يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ

51. " O' you who have Faith! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends of each other. And whoever among you takes them for friends, then surely he is one of them. Verily Allah does not guide the unjust people."

Commentary:
To Dissociate from Enemy is the Condition of Faith.
Those Islamic governments who have the relation of friendship and accepting the sovereignty of the infidels are counted among them:
"... And whoever among you takes them for friends, then surely he is one of them. ..."
In foreign relations and policy, mastership and domination of infidels over Muslims is forbidden, because the Holy Qur'an explicitly has absolutely prohibited any domination, of any kind, over Muslims, although it may be under the name of experienced, specialist, expert, attache and tourist. The verse says:
" O' you who have Faith! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends of each other. And whoever among you takes them for friends, then surely he is one of them. Verily Allah does not guide the unjust people."
In the meantime, mentioning the Jews and the Christians in the verse is for giving examples of this meaning, and no mastership of any infidel should be accepted.
It is understood, of course, from some other verses of the Qur'an that enjoying of the food staff produced by infidels, which are not from the animal flesh, and bargaining with them are allowed, because none of them is rendered into the sence of accepting the sovereignty of infidels.

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