Transliteration:( Wal mu'minoona wal mu'minaatu ba'duhum awliyaaa'u ba'd; ya'muroona bilma'roofi wa yanhawna 'anil munkari wa yuqeemoonas Salaata wa yu'toonaz Zakaata wa yutee'oonal laaha wa Rasoolah; ulaaa'ika sayarhamu humul laah; innallaaha 'Azeezun Hakeem )
"And the Muslim men and women are allies [197] to one another. They encourage good and forbid evil, and establish prayer and pay the poor-due and obey Allah and His Messenger. These are they on whom Allah will have mercy [198]. Indeed, Allah is Dominant, the Wise [199]."
From this we learn that Muslims are friends. Allah Almighty is protector of one another and what is said in: "Then no one will be your protector from Allah and no helper" (S2:V120) means in opposition to Allah Almighty you do not have a friend or a helper. Thus, a friend other than Allah Almighty is different from a friend of Allah Almighty. Further, it should be remembered that this friendship between the believers is not cut after their death but continues.
Allah Almighty has mercy upon the believers by:
saving them in the world from the guiles of the devil,
safeguarding their faith at the time of death,
pouring light in their graves and easing the answering of the question,
on the Day of Judgement placing their book of deeds in their right hand,
making their good deeds heavier than the sinful deeds on the Scale,
making the reckoning of Qiyamah easier for them.
These five bounties are due to the Five Daily Prayers as has been reported in traditions. (Roohul Bayaan)
To whom the Almighty gives, no one can seize, and to whom He does not give, no one else can give. The Prophets and Saints pray to Allah Almighty so that He may give to their devotees. No one can do anything through opposing Him.
71. The believers, men and women, are supporters of one another; they enjoin good, and forbid evil; they perform the Salah, and give the Zakah, and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah will have His mercy on them. Surely, Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
After Allah mentioned the evil characteristics of the hypocrites, He then mentioned the good qualities of the believers,
(The believers, men and women, are supporters of one another;) they help and aid each other. Surely, an authentic Hadith states,
(The believer to the believer is just like a building, its parts support each other.) and the Prophet crossed his fingers together. In the Sahih it is recorded,
(The example of the believers in the compassion and mercy they have for each other, is the example of one body: if a part of it falls ill, the rest of the body suffers with fever and sleeplessness.) Allah’s statement,
(…they enjoin good, and forbid evil), this is similar to,
(Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining Al-Ma`ruf and forbidding the Munkar…) ﴿3:104﴾. Allah said next,
(they perform the Salah, and give the Zakah), they obey Allah and are kind to His creation,
(and obey Allah and His Messenger), concerning what he commands and refraining from what he prohibits,
(Allah will have mercy on them.) Therefore, Allah will give mercy to those who have these qualities,
(Surely, Allah is All-Mighty), He grants glory to those who obey Him, for indeed, might and glory is from Allah Who gives it to His Messenger and the believers,
(All-Wise), in granting these qualities to the believers, while giving evil characteristics to hypocrites. Surely, Allah’s wisdom is perfect in all His actions; praise and glory be to Him.
(9:71) The believers, both men and women, are allies of one another. They enjoin good, forbid evil, establish Prayer, pay Zakah, and obey Allah and His Messenger.[80] Surely Allah will show mercy to them. Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
80. The contrast between the characteristics of the hypocrites (Ayat 67) and of the true believers (Ayat 71) clearly shows that the two are entirely different from each other, in spite of their outwardly similar profession of faith in Islam and obedience to it. The difference lies in their morals, conducts, habits, attitudes and ways of thinking. On the one hand, are the hypocrites whose tongues are never tired of professing faith in Islam, but who are void of sincere faith, and whose conduct belies their professions. They are, as it were, like bottles which have labels of musk, but contain cow-dung which may easily be recognized from its appearance and unpleasant odor. On the other hand, are the true believers, who are like those bottles which contain musk which may be tested in any way by its appearance, its smell and other characteristics to be the musk. Likewise, though the outward label of Islam apparently makes both of them one community of Muslims, the real characteristics of the hypocritical Muslims are so different from those of the true Muslims that they have, in fact, become two different communities. The hypocritical Muslims, men and women, form a separate community with those who have similar characteristics. They all are neglectful of Allah, take interest in evil things and deviate from all that is good and never cooperate with true believers. In short, they are allies to one another and practically dissociate themselves from true believers and form a group of their own. In contrast to them, the true believers, men and women, have practically become one community. All of them take interest in what is good, and abhor what is evil. They remember Allah day and night and cannot think of life without the constant remembrance of Allah. They are very generous in spending in the Way of Allah, and obey Him and His Messenger (peace be upon him) without any mental reservations. These common characteristics have dissociated them from the hypocrites and united them in one community and made them allies to one another.
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