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Believers, why is it that when it is said to you: 'March in the cause of
Allah,' you linger slothfully in the land? Are you content with this life
in preference to the life to come? Few indeed are the blessings of this
life, compared to those of the life to come.
If you do not fight, He will punish you sternly and replace you by
other men. You will in no way harm Him: for Allah has power over all
things.
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If you do not help him, Allahwill help himas He helped himwhen he
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was driven out (from Makkah) by the unbelievers with one other . In
the cave, he said to his companion: 'Do not despair. Allah is with us.'
Allah caused His tranquility to descend upon him and sent to his aid
invisible warriors, so that he routed the unbelievers and exalted the
Word ofAllah.Allah isMighty,Wise.
Whether unarmed or well-equipped, march on and fight for the cause
of Allah, with your wealth and your persons. This will be best for you,
if you but knew it.
Had the gain been immediate or the journey easy, they would have
followed you: but the distance seemed too far to them. Yet they will
swear byAllah: 'Had we been able, we would have marched with you.'
They bring ruin upon themselves.Allah knows that they are lying.
Allah forgive you!Why did you give them leave to stay behind before
you knew those who spoke the truth from those who invented false
excuses?
1. Muhammad.
2. Abu Bakr, the first of the caliphs.
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REPENTANCE
THE QURAN