Page 124 - General Knowledge from the Qur'an

122 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN

The Prophet Muhammad (saas) and His Wars
O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and hypocrites and be
harsh with them. Their shelter will be Hell. What an evil destination!
(Surat at-Tawba, 73)
Know that whatever thing you gain a fifth of it belongs to Allah, and to
the Messenger, and to close relatives, orphans, the very poor and trav-
ellers, if you believe in Allah and in what We sent down to Our servant
on the Day of Discrimination, the day the two groups met – Allah has
power over all things –when you were on the nearer slope, and they
were on the further slope and the caravan was lower down than you. If
you had made an appointment with them you would have broken the
appointment. However, it happened so that Allah could settle a matter
whose result was preordained: so that those who died would die with
clear proof, and those who lived would live with clear proof. Allah is All-
Hearing, All-Knowing. Remember when Allah showed them to you in
your dream as only a few. If He had shown you them as many, you
would have lost heart and quarrelled about the matter; but Allah saved
you. He knows what your hearts contain. Remember when Allah made
you see them as few when you met them, and also made you seem few in
their eyes. This was so that Allah could settle a matter whose result was
preordained. All matters return to Allah. (Surat al-Anfal, 41-44)
The Prophet Muhammad (saas) and the Jews
O Messenger! Do not be grieved by those who rush headlong into
disbelief among those who say 'We believe' with their tongues when
their hearts contain no faith. And among the Jews are those who listen
to lies, listening to other people who have not come to you, distorting
words from their proper meanings, saying, 'If you are given this, then
take it. If you are not given it, then beware!' If Allah desires misguid-
ance for someone, you cannot help him against Allah in any way.
Those are the people whose hearts Allah does not want to purify. They
will have disgrace in this world and in the hereafter they will have a
terrible punishment. They are people who listen to lies and consume
ill-gotten gains. If they come to you, you can either judge between
them or turn away from them. If you turn away from them, they can-