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12 August 2017 - 20:00
Distinguishing Between Enemy and Enmity

When dealing with monotheists and Muslims, however, we must seek to destroy enmity not the enemy. By erasing evil and enmity—not the evil-doer—we can make a friend out of a bloodthirsty enemy.

Hawzah News Agency- According to the Qur’an, we are confronted by two enemies—internal and external. Our duty in respect to each is different. In confronting the external enemy—the army of unfaith, hypocrisy, and arrogance—the only way is war and resistance; we must defeat the enemy and exhaust its every resource
 

 

So strike [the] necks [of the faithless] and strike each of their fingertips
 

But what is our duty in dealing with those who pray toward the same qiblah, who believe in the same
religion and scripture but with whom we disagree? God, the Immaculate, tells us that in such a situation,
we must strive to wipe out enmity not the enemy. Infidels and hypocrites are our enemies, and so we

must confront them harshly:


 

Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah, and those who are with him are hard against the faithless
 

When dealing with monotheists and Muslims, however, we must seek to destroy enmity not the enemy.
 

Good and evil are not equal. Repel evil with what is best, for then he between whom and you  was enmity, will be as though he were a sympathetic friend.


 

By erasing evil and enmity—not the evil-doer—we can make a friend out of a bloodthirsty enemy. Of
course, only a very few can materialize this ideal:

 

But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except the greatly
endowed.

 

Nevertheless, if enmity is erased, unbiased dialogue can then solve many disputes, for only then can it bring home to us what is good. And once we know what is good, we strive for it without hesitation.

 

8. Qur’an 8:12.
9. Qur’an 48:29.
10. Qur’an 41:34.
11. Qur’an 41:35.

 

 

 

Reference:
Ayatullah Jawadi Amuli, Elements of Unity, Journal: volume-2-number-3-winter-2008

Translated by D.D. Sodagar,Published by Al-Taqrib Qom 

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