If I am Jewish and about to visit KSA, will I be treated according to the following verse from the Koran?
Al ma'eeda (The Dinner Table) [5.51] O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.
I just need unbiased explanations of the verse please.
Thank You
2007-01-19 06:44:26 · 11 answers · asked by Smutty 3 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Saudi Arabia
In response to kidman I see that the same word is used later in the second part of the verse twice. I doesn't make sense that it comes in the meanining to lead, because otherwise the 2nd part of the verse would mean "he he leads Jews and Christians is one of them".
2007-01-19 18:14:15 · update #1
Kidman is right, it doesn't mean "taking them as friends"...neither lead exactly, in Arabic it's "Yatawalla" and I can't find an equivalent word in English..something like when 2 groups of ppl are having a quarrel, one of each is a Muslim group while the other isn't, supporting the non-Muslims here is what the verse refer to..also it could mean "copying" and "immitating" non-muslims for their daily lives, even the things that contradict with our teachings...these were examples of what the verse could mean..however it's complicated and Qur'an is very hard to translate, the translation you wrote isn't accurate...and we can befriend with non-muslims so long as this doesn't affect our faith in a bad way, mostly nobody is gonna treat you bad, and even if, that would have nothing to do with Islam, some ppl wouldn't be comfortable dealing with you only because of the impression we had about Jews ( because of their atrocities in Palestine), the worst thing you would recieve there is a refusal stare from some people, but don't worry, they will not kill your children, they will not murder your family, and they won't demolish your house and leave you homeless like some people do..
2007-01-19 21:09:01 · answer #1 · answered by Psycho 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They'll treat you extra nice. Don't worry about it. Plus as some guys said, no one would know your religion unless you keep shouting in the airport: "I'M A JEW! I'M A JEW!"
Even in that case, no one would do you anything harmful. You're always welcome, but at the same time you shouldn't expect to have churches there. We don't have none of these. Plus do not expect to visit Makkah or Meddinah. They're prohibited for non musilms.
Good luck...
2007-01-19 19:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by SPECTACULAR 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as you do not have an Israeli passport or a passport with an Israeli stamp in it, who cares? You will
get treated as anybody else. Just follow the Saudi rules and respect them. That's all you have to do.
Guess the hardest thing for you is to get a visa (has nothing to do with you nationality or religion). You need to have a sponser to get a visa to KSA. Saudi Arabia is very strict on visas. You will need an invitation of a familymbember with saudi citizenship , an invitation of an Saudi National or book your vacation with a travel agency recognised by the Saudi Autorothy.
2007-01-19 12:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the main distinction right this is Jesus - interior the Jewish faith a Messiah is a factor and parcel of the theory, coming right down to earth on the top of days to strengthen the lifeless, yet, that's surely no longer Jesus Christ who's a non-entity in Judaism (regardless of the certainty the he replaced into Jewish). Jews shop on with the previous testomony and the Talmud and Mishna. Messianic Jews join lots of the suggestions of the Jewish faith with the addition of a few commentaries on Christian scripture (ask your brother) and maximum severely, carry that Jesus Christ (Yoshua) is the Messiah and savior. And Christians shop on with the previous and new testaments and carry that Jesus is the Messiah and savior. pass to Wikipedia for the finer information. Messianic Jews evaluate themselves Jews, Jews usually do no longer agree that they are.
2016-10-31 13:20:45 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They misinterpretted "Friends" with "leaders". Wali, in Arabic, means Leaders, so we shouldn't take somebody that believes something different than us, as a Leader.. we can have Christians and Jews as friends, we can even get married to Christians and Jews.
The Quran is really deep, and can't really be translated in a way that makes sense in another language, it really hard.
Kidman
2007-01-19 06:49:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
The word used for friends here is "Awliya", it also means allies, protectors, but not as much as leaders though.
2007-01-19 21:09:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not know anything about either of the religions, but they wont know that your jewish unless you tell them. Like with the bible, people follow it but not everything. Though they are more strict over there...i dont know what to tell you. good luck though
2007-01-19 06:49:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am a non-believer and about to visit Israel, would I be treated according to Torah? i.e. stoned or killed ..
2007-01-19 10:55:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Difficult question. .. try to ask from someone who has deep studies on holy Quran. good luck
2007-01-19 06:57:18 · answer #9 · answered by ysn_sjo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you will.
2007-01-20 04:48:40 · answer #10 · answered by robedzombiesoul 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋