Solidarity

The Muslim’s Best Friend


Who is the Muslim’s best friend? It might surprise you what Muhammad wrote in the Quran: “NEAREST AMONG THEM IN LOVE to the BELIEVERS wilt thou find those who say, ‘WE ARE CHRISTIANS.”’ (Quran, Surah 5:82). Why would Christians be your best, most loving friends? Muhammad gave the reason why he wrote that: “Nearest among them in love to the Believers wilt thou find those who say, ‘We are Christians’: BECAUSE among these are men DEVOTED TO LEARNING and men WHO HAVE RENOUNCED THE WORLD, and they are NOT ARROGANT.” (Quran, Surah 5:82).


It Impressed Muhammad that Christians are devoted to learning.
  Christians are told to check out everything that they hear, to see if it is really true. “Now these, who were more noble than those in Thessalonica, received the word with all readiness, on every day examining the Scriptures, whether these things were so.” (Berean Literal Bible Acts 17:11).

It Impressed Muhammad that Christians renounce the world. 
The word renounce means “to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary). Christians are taught to live differently than the world. “LOVE NOT THE WORLD, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him” (Holy Bible 1 John 2:15). “That ye PUT OFF concerning the former conversation THE OLD MAN, WHICH IS CORRUPT according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye PUT ON THE NEW MAN, which after God is created in righteousness and TRUE HOLINESS” (Holy Bible, Ephesians 4:22-24, KJV). This holiness of life is the natural outcome of a life given to the diligent study of the Bible. “The FEAR of the LORD is the beginning of WISDOM: and the KNOWLEDGE of the HOLY is UNDERSTANDING” (Holy Bible, Proverbs 9:10, KJV).

  It impressed Muhammad that Christians are not arrogant.
The world arrogant means, “disposed to exaggerate one’s own worth or importance” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary). There is no way to even become a Christian, without first humbling yourself. “And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall HUMBLE HIMSELF AS THIS LITTLE CHILD, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (Holy Bible, Matthew 18:2-4, KJV). The Christian’s knowledge of the Bible, willingness to forsake the world, and humility, was what caused Muhammad to say that Christians were their most loving friends. That is because a friend who loves you, will TELL YOU THE TRUTH.