Page 432 - Learning from the Qur'an

TO BE FIRM IN STRUGGLE
Fight them! Allah will punish them at your hands, and disgrace
them and help you against them, and heal the hearts of those who
believe. (Qur'an, 9:14)

NOT TO SEE ANYTHING AS ABOVE ALLAH,
HIS MESSENGER AND STRUGGLING
IN HIS WAY
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)

NOT TO LAG BEHIND IN THE STRUGGLE
You who believe! What is the matter with you that when you are
told, 'Go out and fight in the way of Allah,' you sink down heavily
to the earth? Are you happier with this world than the hereafter?
Yet the enjoyment of this world is very small compared to that of
the hereafter. (Qur'an, 9:38)
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)

NOT TO PUT FORTH EXCUSES
TO LAG BEHIND IN THE STRUGGLE
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)

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