Recitation No. 497.

اعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
My Dear Quran Lovers,
 If we wished to be closed to Allah and Insya Allah will have plenty of Angels with us, recite after every sholah, after reciting surah Al-Fatihah and A~yatul-Kursi, verses No.1 & 2, & 8 &18 & the First phrase of No. 19, "In~nad Di~na 'Ind~dal-Lohil-Islam" & No.26 & 27 of surah 3 A~li 'Imro~n. Reciting these short verses is called "Wirid"/a collection of verses. Ladies when are in their monthly periods may recite them but with the intention of "dzikir and doa" not reciting verses of the Quran which they are forbidden to do during their periods.
  Let us continue to recite verse 28 of surah 3 A~li 'Imro~n. Please refer to the Text:
 اعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
لأَ يَتَّخِذِ المُؤْمِنُونَ الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ  صلى  وَ مَن يَفْعَلْ ذَالِكَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللهِ فِى شَىءٍ إِلَّا أَن تَتَقُواْ مِنهُمْ تُقِاةً  قلى  وَيُحَذِّرُ كُمُ اللهُ نَفْسَهُو  قلى  وَإِلَى اللهِ الْمَصِيرُ  (28).
 = "La~ Yat-ta-khi-dzil-Muu-mi-nu~nal-Ka~fi-ri~na Aw-li-ya~~a Mind~Du~nil-Muu-mi-ni~~~n.  (Shly).  Wa Mai~Yaf-'al Dza~li-ka Fa Lai-sa Mi-nal-Lohi Fi~ Syai-in Il-la~~ Ant~Ta-qu~ Min Hum Tu-qo~~~h.  (Qly).  Wa Yu-hadz-dzi-ru Ku-mul-Lohu Naf-sah. (Qly)  Wa I-lal-Lohil-Ma-shi~~~r". (28).
 = "La~" = do not,  "Yat-ta-khi-dzil-" (an Alif Lam Qomariyah) = they take,  "(A)l-Muu-mi-nu~nal-" (an Alif Lam Qomariyah) = the Believers,  "(A)l-Ka~fi-ri~na" = the unbelievers,  "Aw-li-ya~~a" (a Mad Lin. A Mad Wajib Muttashil) = friends, leaders,  "Mind~" (an Ikhfaa Haqiqi) = of,  "Du~nil-" (a Mad Ashli. An Alif Lam Qomariyah) = before, {Mind~Du~ni = without},  "(A)l-Muu-mi-ni~~~n" (a Mad 'Aridh Lis-Sukun) = the Believers.  (Shly) = a pause sign.
 = "The Believers (must) not take (and follow) the unbelievers as friends and/or leaders before/over/skipping the Believers."  (Shly/pause).
 = (Allah Remind the Believers not to depend totally  on the unbelievers and take them as friends and/or as leaders and leaving behind or skipping the Believers, but they must depend totally on Allah the sole Power either to give or to take away one's power or one's possession.
 Ibnu 'Abbas narrated that the Medinan Israelites, Hajaj bin 'Amru, Ibnu al-Haqiq and Qois bin Zaid were befriendly in secret with some of the Anshorians/Medinan Muslims with the intention of to defame and to speak and to spread slander about the Prophet s.a.w. and the Muslims. When knowing about it, Three companions r.a. of the Prophet s.a.w., Abdullah bin Jabir, Sa'ad bin Haithumah and Rifa'ah bin Mundzir went and advised those Anshorians not to befriend with the Jews, but those Anshorians refused to listen to them. Thence, Allah revealed this verse No 28 Commanding the Believers not to befriend nor to follow them while there were plenty of Believers around them and they skipped and left them, the Believers out.
 Allah prohibitted the Believers to befriend with those unbelievers because they were not being honest and sincere, they befriend the Believers in order that they could defame and speak and spread evil about the Prophet s.a.w. and the Believers. Allah had never ever prohibited Believers to befriend with anyone including the unbelievers who is sincere and without malice towards the Muslims). (to be continued).
 Till we meet again, in the next session Insya Allah. See You all Quran Lovers later.
 Wassalamu alaikum w. w.
 Abdul Hamid Mohd Yusof Ali.