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*Surah Aal-e-Imran, Verse 155:*
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ إِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا وَلَقَدْ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ
Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts met (i.e. the battle3 of Uhud), it was Shaitan (Satan) who caused them to backslide (run away from the battlefield) because of some (sins) they had earned. But Allah, indeed, has forgiven them. Surely, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.
*COMMENTARY*
It was the duty of all who were able to fight, to the fight in the sacred cause at Uhud. But a small section were timid: they were not quite as bad as those who railed against Allāh, or those who thoughtlessly disobey orders. But they still failed in their duty. It is our inner motives that Allāh regards. These timorous people were forgiven by Allāh. Perhaps they were given another chance: perhaps they rose to it and did their duty then.
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*Surah Aal-e-Imran, Verse 156:*
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَقَالُوا لِإِخْوَانِهِمْ إِذَا ضَرَبُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوْ كَانُوا غُزًّى لَّوْ كَانُوا عِندَنَا مَا مَاتُوا وَمَا قُتِلُوا لِيَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ حَسْرَةً فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
O you who believe! Be not like those who disbelieve (hypocrites) and who say to their brethren when they travel through the earth or go out to fight: "If they had stayed with us, they would not have died or been killed," so that Allah may make it a cause of regret in their hearts. It is Allah that gives life and causes death. And Allah is All-Seer of what you do.
*COMMENTARY*
It is want of faith that makes people afraid of:
1. Meeting death.
2. Doing their duty when it involves danger, as in travelling in order to earn an honest living, or fighting in a sacred cause.
Such fear is part of the punishment for want of faith. If you have faith, there is no fear in meeting death, for it brings you nearer to your goal, nor in meeting danger for a sufficient cause, because you know that the keys of life and death are in Allāh's hands. Nothing can happen without Allāh's Will. If it is Allāh's Will that you should die, your staying at home will not save you. If it is His Will that you should live, the danger you incur in a just cause brings you glory. Supposing it is His Will that you should lose your life in the danger, there are three considerations that would make you eager to meet it:
1. Dying in doing your duty is the best means of reaching Allāh's mercy.
2. The man of faith knows that he is not going to an unknown country of which he has no news; he is going nearer to Allāh; and
3. He is being "brought together" unto Allāh; i.e he will meet all his dear ones in faith: instead of the separation which the souls without faith fear, he looks forward to a surer reunion than is possible in this life.
*Surah Aal-e-Imran, Verse 155:*
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ إِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا وَلَقَدْ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ
Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts met (i.e. the battle3 of Uhud), it was Shaitan (Satan) who caused them to backslide (run away from the battlefield) because of some (sins) they had earned. But Allah, indeed, has forgiven them. Surely, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.
*COMMENTARY*
It was the duty of all who were able to fight, to the fight in the sacred cause at Uhud. But a small section were timid: they were not quite as bad as those who railed against Allāh, or those who thoughtlessly disobey orders. But they still failed in their duty. It is our inner motives that Allāh regards. These timorous people were forgiven by Allāh. Perhaps they were given another chance: perhaps they rose to it and did their duty then.
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*Surah Aal-e-Imran, Verse 156:*
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَقَالُوا لِإِخْوَانِهِمْ إِذَا ضَرَبُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوْ كَانُوا غُزًّى لَّوْ كَانُوا عِندَنَا مَا مَاتُوا وَمَا قُتِلُوا لِيَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ حَسْرَةً فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
O you who believe! Be not like those who disbelieve (hypocrites) and who say to their brethren when they travel through the earth or go out to fight: "If they had stayed with us, they would not have died or been killed," so that Allah may make it a cause of regret in their hearts. It is Allah that gives life and causes death. And Allah is All-Seer of what you do.
*COMMENTARY*
It is want of faith that makes people afraid of:
1. Meeting death.
2. Doing their duty when it involves danger, as in travelling in order to earn an honest living, or fighting in a sacred cause.
Such fear is part of the punishment for want of faith. If you have faith, there is no fear in meeting death, for it brings you nearer to your goal, nor in meeting danger for a sufficient cause, because you know that the keys of life and death are in Allāh's hands. Nothing can happen without Allāh's Will. If it is Allāh's Will that you should die, your staying at home will not save you. If it is His Will that you should live, the danger you incur in a just cause brings you glory. Supposing it is His Will that you should lose your life in the danger, there are three considerations that would make you eager to meet it:
1. Dying in doing your duty is the best means of reaching Allāh's mercy.
2. The man of faith knows that he is not going to an unknown country of which he has no news; he is going nearer to Allāh; and
3. He is being "brought together" unto Allāh; i.e he will meet all his dear ones in faith: instead of the separation which the souls without faith fear, he looks forward to a surer reunion than is possible in this life.
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