Surah 19:97
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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ سَيَجۡعَلُ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وُدّٗا
Surely those who believe and do righteous deeds – to them the Merciful will show (His) love.
فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرۡنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوۡمٗا لُّدّٗا
Surely We have made it easy in your language, so that you may give good news by means of it to the ones who guard (themselves), and warn by means of it a contentious people.
وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هَلۡ تُحِسُّ مِنۡهُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ أَوۡ تَسۡمَعُ لَهُمۡ رِكۡزَۢا
But how many a generation We have destroyed before them! Do you see a single one of them, or hear (even) a whisper of them?
Allah, the Exalted, informs about His believing servants, who work righteous deeds - deeds that He is pleased with because they are in accordance with the legislation of Muhammad - that He plants love for them in the hearts of His righteous servants. This is something that is absolutely necessary and there is no avoiding it. This has been reported in authentic Hadlths of the Messenger of Allah in various different ways. Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Prophet said,
''Verily, whenever Allah loves a servant of His, He calls Jibril and says, “O fibril, verily I love so-and-so, so love him.” Tims, Jibril will love him. Then, he (Jibril) will call out to the dwellers of the heavens, "Verily, Allah loves so-and-so, so you too must love him." Then the dwellers of the heavens love him and he will be given acceptance in the earth. Whenever Allah hates a servant of His, He calls Jibril and says, "O Jibril, verily I hate so-and-so, so hate him." Thus, Jibril will hate him. Then, he (Jibril) will call out amongst the dwellers of the heavens, "Verily, Allah hates so-and-so, so you too must hate him." Then the dwellers of the heavens hate him and hatred for him will be placed in the earth.»
Al-Bukhari and Muslim reported narrations similar to this.
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Prophet said,
“Whenever Allah loves a servant of His, He calls Jibril (saying), "Verily, I love so-and-so, so love him." Then, Jibril calls out into the heavens and love for him descends among the people of the earth. That is the meaning of the statement of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime: Verily, those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, the Most Gracious will bestow love for them.»
This was also reported by Muslim and At-Tirmidhi and At-Tirmidhi said, “Hasan Sahib.”
Allah said;
meaning the Qur’an.
This is an address to Prophet Muhammad and it means that the Qur’an is in the pure, complete and eloquent Arabic language.
those who respond to Allah and believe in His Messenger,
meaning, the people who have deviated away from the truth and are inclined towards falsehood.
His saying,
means from the nations that disbelieved in the signs of Allah and rejected His Messengers.
Meaning, ‘have you seen any of them or even heard a whisper from them.’ Ibn ‘Abbas, Abu Al-‘Aliyah, ‘Ikrimah, Al-Hasan Alj-Basri, Said bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak and Ibn Zayd all saidj, “This means any sound. Al-Hasan and Qatadah both said that this means, “Do you see with your eye, or hear anv sound?”
This is the end of the Tafsir of Surah Maryam. All praise! i and thanks are due to Allah. Following this will be the Tafsi r of Surah Ta Ha, Allah willing and all praise is due to Allah.
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 6, Page 316-319)