As-Saf 61:4
The Ranks · Medinan · Juz 28 · Page 551
A Solid Structure
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِهِۦ صَفࣰّا كَأَنَّهُم بُنۡيَٰنࣱ مَّرۡصُوصࣱ ٤
Lo! Allah loveth them who battle for His cause in ranks, as if they were a solid structure.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Allah loves those who fight in His cause in rows as though a solid structure.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, believers should be like this to be loved by Allah: united like a tightly joined building.
Reflect
Do some good today shoulder to shoulder with a fellow believer.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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