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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Indeed, the awliya (close friends of Allah)..."

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Question:
He says: I hope you will explain this noble verse
Unquestionably, [for] the allies of Allah there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieveأَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
[Yunus 10:62]
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Answer:
Yes. "Indeed, the awliya (close friends of Allah)..." This contains a warning. "Ala" is a particle of warning. "Inna" is a particle of emphasis and accusative. "Awliya of Allah" refers to His beloved ones, those whom He loves and who love Him, through the wilayah (friendship) which is love. And those who carried out the obedience of Allah the Mighty and Majestic and left the prohibitions of Allah. These are the ones for whom there is no fear
in this world or in the Hereafterفِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ
[Ghafir 40:43]
, no fear for them in this world or in the Hereafter, and they will not grieve over what they leave behind of this world when they are taken, even if they have wealth and children for whom they would grieve. Then He clarified who the awliya of Allah are. Not everyone who claims wilayah, or for whom it is claimed, is a wali (close friend) of Allah. Rather, there are those who are awliya of Satan. There are awliya of the Most Merciful and awliya of Satan.
Because among those who are called awliya of Allah, there is one who is an enemy of Allah. And the difference, as Allah the Exalted and Majestic clarified, is: He said
Those who believed and were fearing Allahالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ
[Yunus 10:63]
. Whoever possesses these two attributes, faith and piety, is among the awliya of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. And whoever lacks the two attributes or one of them is a wali of Satan, and not a wali of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. And wilayah varies. The believer is a wali of Allah. The pious believer is a wali of Allah according to his faith and piety. The wilayah may be complete, and the wilayah may be incomplete. So every believing, pious person is a wali of Allah according to his faith and piety. Yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/013 — archive.org (4:56)

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