Page 217 - Living in Accordance with the Qur'an

Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya)

You will not harm Him in any way. God has power over all things.
(Surat at-Tawba, 38-39)
If they had really desired to go out (to fight), they would have

made proper preparations for it, but God was averse to their setting
out so He held them back and they were told: ‘Stay behind with
those who stay behind.’ (Surat at-Tawba, 46)
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 God: ‘Had we been able to, we would have gone out
with you.’ They are destroying their own selves. God knows that

they are lying. (Surat at-Tawba, 42)
Among them are there some who say, ‘Give me permission to stay.
Do not put temptation in my way.’ Have they not fallen into that
very temptation? Hell hems in the disbelievers. (Surat at-Tawba, 49)
When a sura is sent down saying: ‘Believe in God and strive together
with His Messenger,’ those among them with wealth will ask you to
excuse them, saying, ‘Let us remain with those who stay behind.’
(Surat at-Tawba, 86)

And (it is) so that He would know the hypocrites. They were told,
‘Come and fight in the Way of God or at least help defend us.’ They
said, ‘If we knew how to fight, we would certainly follow you.’ They
were closer to disbelief that day than to faith, saying with their
mouths what was not in their hearts. And God knows best what they
are hiding. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 167)

And a group of them said, ‘People of Yathrib, Your position is unten-
able so return!’ some of them asked the Prophet to excuse them,
saying, ‘Our houses are exposed,’ when they were not exposed; it
was merely that they wanted to run away. (Surat al-Ahzab, 13)

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