The Muslims, by their nature, just as they were brought up to adhere to Islam, they were brought up on love. Religion aims to spread love and mercy among all people, as the Allah said:
هَاأَنتُمْ أُوْلاء تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلاَ يُحِبُّونَكُمْ {Here you are loving them but they are not loving you,}: The Jews harbored hostility towards the believers.
{وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ كُلِّهِ} {while you believe in the Scripture – all of it}: You believe in everything that is mentioned in the Noble Qur’an, and in all the heavenly books that were revealed from Allah (swt).
آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللّهِ وَمَلآئِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لاَ نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِ وَقَالُواْ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ
{The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], “We make no distinction between any of His messengers.” And they say, “We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination.”} (Al-Baqara: 285)
We say: “we heard and we obey”, while the Jews said: “We heard and we disobeyed.”
وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُواْ آمَنَّا{And when they meet you, they say, “We believe.”}: This hypocrisy which was from the Jews; they used to sit with the believers saying: “We believe in what has come to you.” At the same time:
وَإِذَا خَلَوْاْ عَضُّواْ عَلَيْكُمُ الأَنَامِلَ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ {But when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you in rage}: it is a psychological expression as a result of the intense anger, because they had to bear, during their time with the Muslims, the burden of changing their nature, so when they sit at night or sit with their friends they bite their fingers out of anger from Muslims and believers.
قُلْ {Say}: O Muhammad, and what is meant is: Say all of you.
مُوتُواْ بِغَيْظِكُمْ {“Die in your rage.”}: Die: An expression of the severity of anger and its affection in a person, for that, when a man asked the Prophet (saws) for an advice, he (saws) said:
“Do not get angry”. The man repeated that several times and every time the Prophet (saws) replied, “Do not get angry”.[1]
Allah (swt) said:
وَالْكَاظِمِينَ الْغَيْظَ وَالْعَافِينَ عَنِ النَّاسِ
{who restrain anger and who pardon the people} (Aal-Imran: 134)
So we are required to restrain anger and avoid getting angry. Indeed, Allah (swt) said to them: “Die by your anger”; Because there are no reformers among them.
إِنَّ اللّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ {Allah is Knowing of that within the hearts.”}: Because it is the heart which indicates the truthfulness of the deeds, the Prophet (saws) said:
“The value of an action depends on the intention behind it. A man will be rewarded only for what he intended.”[2]
It is said that this famous hadith is considered of half the religion because intention is the basis of sincerity.
[1] Sahih Al-Bukhari, Book of behavior, Chapter of Avoiding the anger, Hadith No. 5765.
[2] Sahih Al-Bukhari, Book of Revelation, Hadith No. 1