Page 367 - Learning from the Qur'an

If it had been a case of easy gains and a short journey, they would
have followed you, but the distance was too great for them. They
will swear by Allah: 'Had we been able to, we would have gone
out with you.' They are destroying their own selves. Allah knows
that they are lying. (Qur'an, 9:42)
There are some people who say, 'We believe in Allah,' and then,
when they suffer harm in Allah's cause, they take people's
persecution for Allah's punishment; but if help comes from your
Lord they say, 'We were with you.' Does Allah not know best what
is in every person's heart? (Qur'an, 29:10)
When they came at you from above you and below you, when
your eyes rolled and your hearts rose to your throats, and you
thought unworthy thoughts about Allah, at that point the believers
were tested and severely shaken. When the hypocrites and people
with sickness in their hearts said, 'What Allah and His Messenger
promised us was mere delusion.' (Qur'an, 33:10-12)
Yet they had previously made a contract with Allah that they
would never turn their backs. Contracts made with Allah will be
asked about. Say: 'Flight will not benefit you if you try to run away
from death or being killed. Then you will only enjoy a short
respite.' (Qur'an, 33:15-16)
They think that the Confederates have not departed and if the
Confederates did appear then they would wish they were out in
the desert with the Arabs, asking for news of you. If they were
with you they would only fight a very little. (Qur'an, 33:20)
THOSE WHO AVOID STRUGGLING
IN THE WAY OF ALLAH
Say: 'If your fathers or your sons or your brothers or your wives
or your tribe, or any wealth you have acquired, or any business you
fear may slump, or any house which pleases you, are dearer to
you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His Way, then
wait until Allah brings about His command. Allah does not guide
people who are deviators.' (Qur'an, 9:24)

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