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When a disaster befell you after you had yourselves inflicted losses
twice as heavy, you exclaimed: 'Whose fault was that? '
Say to them: 'It was your own fault. Allah has power over all things.
The misfortune which befell you when the two armies met was
ordained by Allah, so that He might know the true believers and the
hypocrites.'
When it was said to them: 'Come, fight for the cause of Allah or
defend yourselves,' they replied: 'lf only we could fight, we would
surely come with you.'
On that day, they were nearer unbelief than faith. They said with
their mouths what was not in their hearts. But Allah knew their secret
thoughts. Such were the men who, as they sat at home, said of their
brothers: 'Had they paid heed to us, theywould not have been slain.'
Say to them: 'Ward off death from yourselves, then, if what you say
be true! '
Youmust not think that those who were slain in the cause ofAllah are
dead. They are alive, and well provided for by their Lord; pleased with
His gifts and rejoicing that those whom they left behind and who have
not yet joined them have nothing to fear or to regret; rejoicing in
Allah's grace and bounty.Allahwill not deny the faithful their reward.
Those who answered the call of Allah and the Apostle after the
misfortune had befell them, such of them as do good and fear Allah
shall have ample reward. They are those who, on being told: 'Your
enemy has mustered a great force against you: fear them,' grew more
tenacious in their faith and replied: 'Allah's help is all-sufficient for us.
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