Explore Verses Related to don't drive them out
At a Glance
📖 Quranic Context
A key clause in the covenant with the Children of Israel, establishing the sanctity of home and community.
Highlights Allah's command to maintain social cohesion and protect the vulnerable as an act of worship.
💭 Theological Perspective
Addresses the prohibition of internal strife and injustice that leads to displacement.
The phrase 'expel yourselves' (anfusakum) signifies that harming the community is harming oneself. [1]
Establishes a foundational principle for social justice and the right to security in one's homeland.
Upholding this covenant is a sign of true faith, while breaking it indicates hypocrisy and disbelief in parts of the scripture. [6]
📜 Hadith Perspective
The Prophet Muhammad emphasized the unity of the believers, comparing them to a single body, which reinforces the principle of not harming one another. [1]
- Unity of the Ummah
- Sanctity of a Muslim's life and property
- Prohibition of oppression (Zulm)
Universal agreement among scholars on the prohibition of unlawfully expelling people from their homes. [11]
💎 Deeper Insights
The verse's use of 'anfusakum' ('yourselves') instead of 'ba'dukum ba'dan' ('each other') is a profound rhetorical choice. Search-validated linguistic analysis from Al-Tabari and others reveals this transforms the command from a mere social rule into a statement of existential reality: to expel your brother is to expel a part of your own self, causing spiritual and communal self-mutilation. [20]
— Al-Tabari, Al-Qurtubi
A synthesis of Quran 2:84 and 2:85 reveals the 'Hypocrisy of Partial Obedience'. Ibn Kathir's historical tafsir shows the Medinan tribes fulfilled the law of ransoming prisoners (a secondary rule) while violating the primary laws against killing and expulsion. This demonstrates a sophisticated spiritual disease: using minor acts of piety to justify major sins, a timeless warning against performative righteousness.
— Ibn Kathir, Sayyid Qutb
