The Holy Quran 3:119 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

هَـٰٓأَنتُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ كُلِّهِۦ وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا۟ عَضُّوا۟ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْأَنَامِلَ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ ۚ قُلْ مُوتُوا۟ بِغَيْظِكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

Translation

You (Muslims) are the ones who love them (the Kuffaar because of your relationships with them) though they have no love for you (because they dislike your Deen) and (this is despite the fact that) you believe in all the Books (in all the previous divine scriptures theirs included - whereas they do not believe in your Qur'aan). When they meet you they say, "We have Imaan," but when they are alone they bite their fingertips in rage (because of the spread of Islaam and brotherhood of the Muslims). Tell them, "Perish in your rage (because you will never have the pleasure of seeing Islaam fail)! Surely Allaah is Aware of what is within (your) hearts (and Allaah has also informed the Mu'mineen of this)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The disbelievers cannot be friends of the Muslims: that is, how out of place it is that you profess friendship for them, while they are not your friends but enemies who would cut you off at the root.

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