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Fight for the cause of Allah and bear in mind that He hears all and
knows all.
Who will grantAllah a generous loan? He will repay himmany times
over. It is Allah who enriches and makes poor. To Him you shall all
return.
Have you not thought of what the leaders of the Children of Israel
demanded of one of their prophets after the death of Musa? 'Raise up
for us a king,' they said, 'andwe will fight for the cause ofAllah.'
He replied: 'What if you refuse to fight, when ordered so to do? '
'Why should we refuse to fight for the cause of Allah,' they replied,
'whenwe and all our children have been driven fromour dwellings? '
But when (at last) they were ordered to fight, they all refused, except
a fewof them.Allah knows the evil-doers.
Their prophet said to them: 'Allah has raised Saul to be your king.'
But they replied: 'Should he be given the kingship, when we are more
deserving of it than he? Besides, he is not rich at all.'
He said: 'Allah has chosen him to rule over you and made him grow
in wisdom and in stature.Allah gives His sovereignty to whomHe will.
He isMunificent andAll-knowing.’
Their prophet also said to them: 'The advent of the Ark shall be the
portent of his reign. Therein shall be tranquillity from your Lord, and
the relics which the House of Musa and the House of Harun left behind.
It will be borne by the angels. That will be a sign for you, if you are true
believers.’
And when Saul marched out with his army, he said: 'Allah will put
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