118. " o' you who have faith! do not take intimate other than yourselves. they do not fall short in corrupting you. they like what distresses you. hatred has already appeared from (the utterance of) their mouths while what their breasts conceal is greater. we have made the signs clear for you if you ponder." commentary: following to the verses stated the kind of relations the muslims may have with the disbelievers, this verse points at one of the most sensitive subjects, and, in the form of a delicate resemblance, it warns the believers. it says: " o' you who have faith! do not take intimate other than yourselves. they do not fall short in corrupting you. ..." it is never such that their experience of friendship with you hinders them to desire pain and loss for you because of difference in religion and creed. in the contrary, they are interested in your distress and suffering. "... they like what distresses you. ..." they are usually careful of their statements and behaviour in order that you do not be cognizant of their interrior mysteries and that their secrets would not be uncovered. they speak carefully and cautiously, yet the signs of enmity is manifest from among their speech. "... hatred has already appeared from (the utterance of) their mouth. ..." in short, by this means, allah has shown the way of recognition of the inward state of the enemies; and informs us from their hidden minds and their interrior mysteries. it says: "... while what their breasts conceal is greater. ..." then, it adds: "... we have made the signs clear for you if you ponder."