Islam Guidance

verse82

(82) لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَدَاوَةً لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ الْيَهُودَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُواْ وَلَتَجِدَنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمْ

مَّوَدَّةً لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ الَّذِينَ قَالُوَاْ إِنَّا نَصَارَى ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمْ لاَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

82. " Certainly you will find the most hostile of people to those who believe are the Jews and pagans; and you will certainly find the nearest in friendship to those who believe are those who say: ' We are Christians.' That is because there are among them priests and monks and because they do not behave proudly."

Commentary :
The good treatment of Najashi, the king of Abyssina, and the Christians of that country unto the emigrated Muslims has been cited upon the occasion of revelation of this verse.
In the fifth year after the appointment of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) to his mission, a group of Muslims under the management of Ja'far-ibn-'Abi-Talib emigrated from Mecca to Abyssinia and became secured from the harm and hurt of the pagans of Mecca and their agents in that country with the support of Najashi. The Jews, even with seeing those abundent miracles and also the good temper of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.), did not believe in Islam. They participated in plots against Muslims. They did breach promises and made mischief, while some Christian bishops in Abyssinia shed tears when they heard the verses of Sura Maryam and adhered the Muslims who were there.
Thus, the Jews are the most obstinate enemies of Islam, and their hostility against Muslims has an ancient and deep root.
But, the Christians, althoogh wrongly believe in trinity, a deviated creed, are more receptive to accept the truth because of the sounder mind they have. They are not of the people of plotting, especially the intellectualelites and the preechers among them.
The verse says:
" Certainly you will find the most hostile of people to those who believe are the Jews and pagans; and you will certainly find the nearest in friendship to those who believe are those who say: ' We are Christians.' That is because there are among them priests and monks and because they do not behave proudly."
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