Recordings › Prof. Dr Khalil Andani | The Oral Text & the Ontology of The Quran | Mindtrap with Mufti #28 · 3 Jul 2020 › Segment 22 of 23

Does God not love non-believers?

muftis ashaira asha'irah ashariyyah ash'arite koran quraan al-quran ayah aya ayat ayaat aayah aayat sunni ahl al-sunnah ahl as-sunnah ahlus sunnah ahl al-sunna rahmah rahmat

'Allah loves not the disbelievers': is God's love selective?

QuestionLive chat · questioner not identifiedAnswered 3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Segment 22 of 23 in the recording2020-07-03-S22

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The guest reads the verse as saying that certain deeds block God's love from reaching a person, not that God's love is selective.

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A chat question raises the verse saying Allah does not love the disbeliever. The guest says a literalistic reading would make God preferential in his love, but since the Quran calls God al-Rahman and says his mercy embraces all things, a more holistic reading is that those activities block the love of God from reaching a person, as a way of saying 'do not do those things'. Mufti Abu Layth adds that many Ash'aris and Sunnis have explained it in that way.

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The Quran says Allah loves not the disbeliever. Are there any quick words on that?

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1:38:37

Like it doesn't make any sense cuz a tablet is a bodily thing. All right. So, a quick question here and we'll start to wrap up. Somebody says The Quran says Allah loves not the disbeliever. Mhm. Right. Uh Is I know that can go into a huge topic right there. I don't know if there's any quick words on that. So, so, so, look, a very literalistic reading is you could take all the groups that Allah does not love and you could literally say, "Okay, Allah is very preferential in his loving." You could say that if you wanted.

1:39:11

But given the fact that like the Quran talks about Allah as Ar-Rahman multiple times and that the mercy the compassion Rahma like embraces all things. Love is is part of that. I think a more holistic interpretation of that is that the Quran is using this expression Allah does not love so and so to really mean that when you do those activities you block you you impede the love of Allah from coming to you.

1:39:40

As a as a kind of expression to say don't do those things. Right. Yeah, it's just a So that's a lot of the Ash'ari and the Sunnis have explained it as that. Professor, right? I know you're really pressed for time. If people want to reach out to you if they want to connect with you, uh what are all your platforms? Where are you to be found? Apart from rocking the academic arena. [laughter] Well, you could And doing for and making follow-ups for friends.

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Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2020-07-03-S22, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/xznxiyp0b5s/s/22/ (accessed 1 November 2026)

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2020, July 3). Does God not love non-believers? [Video, segment 2020-07-03-S22, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/xznxiyp0b5s/s/22/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2020. "Does God not love non-believers?" Video, segment 2020-07-03-S22, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded July 3, 2020. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/xznxiyp0b5s/s/22/

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  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2020-07-03-S22, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
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