Surat Al `Imran (141-150)

{وَلِيُمَحِّصَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا وَيَمْحَقَ الكَافِرِينَ} [آل عمران: 141]

141- Allah would purify your souls and prepare them for something bigger. Allah ordained Jihad to expiate your sins or raise your degrees in `Illiyyin (Higher ranks in Paradise); each one according to their efforts in Jihad and according to their injury and in order that Allah eradicate the disbelievers and push away their falsehood because if they have won, they would have transgressed and destroyed.

{أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ اللهُ الَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا مِنْكُمْ وَيَعْلَمَ الصَّابِرِينَ} [آل عمران: 142]

142- Have you thought that you will enter Paradise without engaging in jihad and without observing patience in order so that a fighting believer may be distinguished from others and in order to those who have observed patience to adversity and enemies?

{وَلَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ المَوْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَلْقَوْهُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ} [آل عمران: 143]

143- You loved to die for the cause of Allah, wished to meet the enemy, and liked to fight them. So, this is the battle, those are the enemies, and that is death which you were watching when people are fighting, in the glitter of swords, and in the clash of spears.

{وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ أَفَإِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ انْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ وَمَنْ يَنْقَلِبْ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ فَلَنْ يَضُرَّ اللهَ شَيْئًا وَسَيَجْزِي اللهُ الشَّاكِرِينَ} [آل عمران: 144]

144- It was rumored that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was killed in the Battle of Uhud where someone claimed that he has killed him and slashed his head. So, the rumor has reached the rows the fighting Muslims that resulted in weakness and delay in the fight, so Allah (Glory be to Him) revealed which means: "And Muhammad (peace be upon him) is not but a Messenger," like other prophets and messengers of Allah and it is possible that he dies or is killed. If this is done, would you go back to polytheism and aberrance that you were living in? Those people who will do so will not harm Allah but only harm themselves because Allah is in no need to you or to your faith. Indeed, the religion will stay firm, the Mujahideen will gain victory, and Allah shall reward those who obeyed Him, knew His blessing, fought His Religion, followed His Messenger; live and dead, give them of His Mercy and benevolence according to their gratitude and work, and He shall increase their favors out of His Grace.

{وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَنْ تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللهِ كِتَابًا مُؤَجَّلًا وَمَنْ يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَنْ يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ الآَخِرَةِ نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَسَنَجْزِي الشَّاكِرِينَ} [آل عمران: 145]

145- No soul shall die except when Allah destines for it a fixed period, in a fixed time, and with no delay. Therefore, O Muslims go for Jihad and do not be coward because the life of a person never increases or decreases either in peace or in war.

So, whoever work only for the worldly benefits, Allah shall give them the worldly reward and shall deprive them of the reward of the Hereafter. On the other hand, whoever work for the Hereafter, Allah shall give them the reward of the Hereafter and shall decrease their share of the worldly pleasures according to their work and gratitude.

{وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ قَاتَلَ مَعَهُ رِبِّيُّونَ كَثِيرٌ فَمَا وَهَنُوا لِمَا أَصَابَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَمَا ضَعُفُوا وَمَا اسْتَكَانُوا وَاللهُ يُحِبُّ الصَّابِرِينَ} [آل عمران: 146]

146- There were many prophets with whom groups of patient pious men fought and they did not feel weak because of the distress and hardships which they faced. They never felt weak because of the hardship and the calamities that inflicted them. They continued their way of fighting in the cause of Allah and did not surrender or humiliated themselves, but fought as their prophets did until they were killed like them. Verily, Allah loves those who defend His Religion, who follow the orders of His Prophets, and who observe patience in the times of hardships and wars.

{وَمَا كَانَ قَوْلَهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِي أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى القَوْمِ الكَافِرِينَ} [آل عمران:147]

147- They used to supplicate Allah and seek His Pleasure during their Jihad saying: O Lord, forgive the sins that we committed and the things in which we exceeded the limits. Support us with Your Help and Support in the battlefield, make us firm on Your True Religion, and provide us victory over Your Enemies and the enemies of Your Religion.

{فَآَتَاهُمُ اللهُ ثَوَابَ الدُّنْيَا وَحُسْنَ ثَوَابِ الآَخِرَةِ وَاللهُ يُحِبُّ المُحْسِنِينَ} [آل عمران: 148]

148- The reward of those patient believers and the answer to their supplications was that Allah gave them the reward of this world: providing them with victory, support, and good end. Surely, they shall have the everlasting bliss in the Hereafter. Indeed, Allah loves those who believe, perfect their faith, and follow their faith with pious acts.

{يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا إِنْ تُطِيعُوا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ فَتَنْقَلِبُوا خَاسِرِينَ} [آل عمران: 149]

149- O believers, if you obey the hypocrites and the disbelievers, you do what they want. If you listen to their tattling, get affected with the killing and injuries they cause you to weaken your determination and terrify you of the bad consequences of raiding a war against the polytheists, then you obey them in what they hope and you submit yourselves to them to bring you back to disbelief and aberrance. You shall be of the regretting losers in the world as well as in the Hereafter.

{بَلِ اللهُ مَوْلَاكُمْ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ النَّاصِرِينَ} [آل عمران:150]

150- However, Allah is your Mawla (Patron, Lord, Helper and Protector, etc.), He will hold you firm on your religion, and He is the Best of helpers. Therefore, seek His Help and rely on Him.