اِنۡ    اَوۡ لِیَآ ؤُ ہٗۤ     اِلَّا  الۡمُتَّقُوۡنَ

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: His Awliya are pious indeed.

(Part 9, Surah Al-Anfaal, Ayah 34)

Commenting on the aforementioned blessed Ayah, the renowned commentator, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: No disbeliever or transgressor can be the Wali of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ because Wilayat is attained by Islamic faith and piety. (Tafseer-e-Na’eemi, vol. 9, pp. 543)

Likewise, in Ayah 62, 63 and 64 of Surah Yunus, part 11, mentioning the glory of His Awliya, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has said:

اَلَاۤ   اِنَّ   اَوۡلِیَآءَ   اللّٰہِ  لَا خَوۡفٌ  عَلَیۡہِمۡ  وَ لَا  ہُمۡ   یَحۡزَنُوۡنَ   ﴿ۚۖ۶۲﴾   الَّذِیۡنَ   اٰمَنُوۡا   وَ  کَانُوۡا  یَتَّقُوۡنَ   ﴿ؕ۶۳﴾   لَہُمُ   الۡبُشۡرٰی  فِی   الۡحَیٰوۃِ   الدُّنۡیَا   وَ فِی  الۡاٰخِرَۃِ   ؕ   لَا   تَبۡدِیۡلَ    لِکَلِمٰتِ   اللّٰہِ   ؕ         ذٰ لِکَ    ہُوَ   الۡفَوۡزُ  الۡعَظِیۡمُ     ﴿ؕ۶۴﴾

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: Indeed, upon the friends of Allah is neither any fear, nor any grief. Those who have accepted faith and adopt piety. There are good tidings for them in the life of this world and in the Hereafter; the Words of Allah cannot change; this is the supreme success.

(Part 11, Surah Yunus, Ayah 62-64)

Commenting on this blessed Ayah, Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Abbas رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْـهُمَا has stated: Here ‘the Awliya of Allah’ refer to those righteous people who make others remember Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ when others see them.

(Khaazin, part 11, Surah Yunus, vol. 62, pp. 322)