Page 137 - Learning from the Qur'an

THEY MAKE PREPARATIONS
FOR FIGHTING IN THE WAY OF ALLAH
Go out to fight, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with
your wealth and yourselves in the Way of Allah. That is better for
you if you only knew. (Qur'an, 9:41)
Arm yourselves against them with all the firepower and cavalry
you can muster, to terrify the enemies of Allah and your enemies,
and others besides them whom you do not know. Allah knows
them. Anything you spend in the Way of Allah will be repaid to
you in full. You will not be wronged. (Qur'an, 8:60)
If they had really desired to go out, they would have made proper
preparations for it, but Allah was averse to their setting out so He
held them back and they were told: 'Stay behind with those who
stay behind.' (Qur'an, 9:46)
You who believe! When you go out to fight in the Way of Allah
verify things carefully. Do not say, 'You are not a believer', to
someone who greets you as a Muslim, simply out of desire for the
goods of this world. With Allah there is booty in abundance. That
is the way you were before but Allah has been kind to you. So
verify things carefully. Allah is aware of what you do. (Qur'an,
4:94)

THEY ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER
IN THE STRUGGLE
So fight in the way of Allah—you are only answerable for
yourself—and spur on the believers. It may well be that Allah will
curb the force of the unbelievers. Allah has greater force and
greater power to punish. (Qur'an, 4:84)
O Prophet! Spur on the believers to fight. If there are twenty of
you who are steadfast, they will overcome two hundred; and if
there are a hundred of you, they will overcome a thousand of those
who are unbelievers, because they are people who do not
understand. (Qur'an, 8:65)

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