as allies, offering them affection.” Up to His words:

“You have a good example in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, ‘We disown you and whatever you worship besides Allah. We reject you, and enmity and hatred have arisen between us and you forever, until you believe in Allah alone.’”

Allah Most High also says:

“You will not find people who believe in Allah and the Last Day showing affection to those who oppose Allah and His Messenger.”

Up to His words:

“Those are the ones in whose hearts He has inscribed faith and whom He has strengthened with a spirit from Him.”

Allah Most High says:

“Shall We then treat those who submit to Us like the criminals?”

And He says:

“Shall We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like those who spread corruption on earth? Or shall We treat those mindful of Allah like the wicked?”

Allah Most High says:

“Or do those who commit evil deeds think that We will make them like those who believe and do righteous deeds—equal in their lives and their deaths? How badly they judge!”

Allah Most High says:

“The blind and the seeing are not equal.”

“Nor are darkness and light.”

“Nor are shade and scorching heat.”

“Nor are the living and the dead equal.”

Allah Most High says:

“Allah presents an example: a man owned by quarrelling partners, and a man belonging exclusively to one man. Are the two equal in comparison?”

Allah Most High says:

“Allah presents an example: an enslaved man who has no power over anything.”

Up to His words:

“But most of them do not know.”

“And Allah presents an example of two men: one of them is mute and has no power over anything.”

Up to His words:

“And he is on a straight path.”

Allah Most High says:

“The inhabitants of the Fire and the inhabitants of Paradise are not equal. The inhabitants of Paradise are the ones who triumph.”

There are many similar passages in which Allah distinguishes between the people of truth and falsehood, and between those who obey and those who