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A SMALL GROUP OF BELIEVERS CAN OVERCOME A VAST MAJORITY OF DISBELIEVERS

two hundred; and if there are a hundred of you, they
will overcome a thousand of those who are
disbelievers, because they are people who do not
understand.
Now God has made it lighter on you, knowing there
is weakness in you. If there are a hundred of you
who are steadfast, they will overcome two hundred;
and if there are a thousand of you, they will
overcome two thousand with God's permission.
God is with the steadfast. (Surat al-Anfal: 65-66)
As God states in these verses, if believers do not have any
weakness in themselves, and are firm in steadfastness and
faith, the strength of a single believer can be equivalent to
that of 10 men. In this context, the word "strength" holds

other connotations other than physical strength. For
example, the efforts of a believer to convey the message of
religion and to call people to God's way can be equivalent to
the efforts of a total of 10 people. Alternatively, the
knowledge of a believer can be equivalent to the knowledge
of ten people. A good deed a believer performs solely to earn
God's pleasure may be equivalent to a deed that 10 people
perform together. A single believer can invite as many people
as ten disbelievers lead astray to the right path of God and
can be a means to the improvement of their faith. A single
believer can demolish the disbelief ten disbelievers
communicate and replace it with the truth.
This secret that God reveals in the Qur'an is of great
importance. This is because, if all Muslims race each other
toward the right path, no matter how a small a group it may
be, God will make them victorious in every affair they