The Ruling on Restricting the Verse of Affection to the Christians

Question:
And it is not the case, did you hear him say regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted, and to avoid being like the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), for the remaining by the command of Allah, their fathers who believed in what they almost advise the Muslims with. And we also say, should the thing be for the saying of Allah the Exalted, meaning and it is with knowledge of remaining, because the one upon whom it is stopped says remaining with remaining, if the remaining is established with knowledge, so what is his saying with this? Is this a claim with it?

Answer:
The speech of Allah is general, not specific to the time of the Prophethood. The speech of Allah is general until the Hour occurs. The Christians are undoubtedly more gentle than the Jews, and better in their dealings than the Jews. They are Christians, and they are disbelievers. This is evident now, evident in the Jewish states and the Christian states, and evident between the Jew and the Christian. The Christian is gentler than the Jew. And he is a disbeliever; each of them is a disbeliever, and each of them is an enemy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). For us to object to the Qur'an and say, "No, the Christians are more hostile to those who believe," while the Qur'an says regarding the Christians, and for us to restrict the Book of Allah to one time and not another, this is an error and a recklessness. If some harshness is found among the Christians, or among some of them, this does not apply to all of them; it does not encompass every Christian. If leaders are found among them, or if some harshness is found among them, this does not encompass all Christians. This is specific to those who possess this characteristic. The predominant trait of the Christians is gentleness and softness, and the predominant trait of the Jews is harshness, severity, and hatred. It is possible that some Jews also possess gentleness; this exists in terms of individuals. It may be found among them, but the predominant trait and their general character is that they are . This does not prevent some individuals among them from having some gentleness. Likewise, the predominant trait of the Christians is gentleness and mercy, as Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said regarding the followers of Jesus. This is regarding the predominant trait. It is possible that some among them are ill-behaved, or that some deviate from this description and possess the nature of the Jews. This exists. So the Qur'an, in its generality, applies in every time and place, and praise be to Allah. Those who submit to Islam from among the Christians are more than those who submit to Islam from among the Jews; this is a known fact.
Those who submit now from the Christians are more than those who submit from the Jews; this is a known thing from ancient times and recent ones. So the Christians, without doubt, are lighter than the Jews, regarding the general, not the individuals or some states. The situation may differ regarding the individuals or some states, but in the form of generality. And as for those upon whom is the anger and those who are astray, Allah named them with this. Every one who has knowledge and does not act upon it is one upon whom is the anger, whether he is from the Jews or from this Ummah, even.