VERSE NO. 51

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VERSE NO. 52CAUSE OF THE REVELATION

VERSE NO. 51

      The verse warns Muslims on their friendship with the Jews and a sect of the Christians who lived nearby.

      The Arabic word; `OWLIA' translated to `FRIENDS' here is rooted in the;`VALAYAT' which means extraordinary nearness. It also means confederacy and guardianship, considering the above mentioned cause of the revelation and other factors and verses; here, the purpose is not to cut all of the ties and relations with the Jews and the Christians. It rather means not to rely on their obligations to you, and depend not upon their compacts and union, and always try to rely upon yourselves.

      Worthy of consideration here is that the reference of the verse is not the PEOPLE OF THE BOOK which consists of all the Israelites, as well as the Christians. The emphasis is laied upon the Jews and NASطRط who were a sect, or a tribe of Arab Christians, and so all of them is not meant here.

      Then the verse by a short and concised sentence, gives the reasons for that order of separating the accounts, saying:- ``Some of them are friends to some others.''

 

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