Victory at Badr

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¹⁰² Muslims:

revere Allah with due reverence, and do not die except as Muslims.
1. And hold fast to the rope of Allah
do not become divided
remember Allah’s blessings on you. You were enemies but He reconciled your hearts and by His grace you became brethren.
you were on the brink of a pit of fire, and He saved you from it.

¹⁰⁴ Let there be among you a community:

calling to virtue
advocating righteousness, and
deterring from evil.

Do not be like those who separated and disputed after the clear proofs came to them.

¹¹⁰ You are the best community that ever emerged for humanity

You advocate what is moral, and forbid what is immoral, and believe in Allah.
Had the People of the Scripture believed, it would have been better for them.
- Among them are the believers, but most of them are sinners.

The only harm they will do to you is to insult you.

If they fight you, they will turn around and flee, then they will not be helped.

They shall be humiliated wherever they are encountered, except through:

a rope from Allah, and
a rope from the people;

They incurred wrath from Allah, and were stricken with misery because they:

rejected Allah’s revelations
killed the prophets unjustly
rebelled and committed aggression.

They are not alike.

Among the People of the Scripture is a community that is upright; they recite Allah’s revelations throughout the night, and they prostrate themselves.

They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and advocate righteousness and forbid evil, and are quick to do good deeds. These are among the righteous.
Whatever good they do, they will not be denied it.

The parable of what they spend in this worldly life is that of a frosty wind that strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged their souls, and destroys it.

Allah did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves.

Muslims, Do not befriend outsiders who never cease to wish you harm.

They love to see you suffer.

Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, but what their hearts conceal is worse.

There you are, you love them, but they do not love you, and you believe in the entire scripture.

When they meet you, they say, “We believe;” but when they are alone, they bite their fingers in rage at you.

Say, “Die in your rage.”

If something good happens to you, it upsets them; but if something bad befalls you, they rejoice at it.

But if you persevere and maintain righteousness, their schemes will not harm you at all.

Remember when you left your home in the morning, to assign battle-positions for the believers.
When two groups among you almost faltered, but Allah was their Protector.
Allah gave you victory at Badr when you were weak.
When you said to the believers, “Is it not enough for you that your Lord has reinforced you with 3,000 angels, sent down?”
It is; but if you persevere and remain cautious, and they attack you suddenly, your Lord will reinforce you with five thousand angels, well trained.

Allah made it but a message of hope for you, and to reassure your hearts thereby.

He thus cuts off a section of those who disbelieved, or subdues them, so they retreat disappointed.
It is no concern of yours whether He redeems them or punishes them. They are wrongdoers.
To Allah belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills.
Muslims, Do not feed on usury, compounded over and over, and fear Allah, so that you may prosper.
And guard yourselves against the Fire that is prepared for the disbelievers.

Many societies have passed away before you. So travel the earth and note the fate of the deniers.
This is a proclamation to humanity, and guidance, and advice for the righteous.
And do not waver, nor feel remorse. You are the superior ones, if you are believers.
If a wound afflicts you, a similar wound has afflicted the others. Such days We alternate between the people, that Allah may know those who believe, and take martyrs from among you. Allah does not love the evil-doers.
So that Allah may prove those who believe, and eliminate the disbelievers.
Or do you expect to enter Paradise, before Allah has distinguished those among you who strive, and before He has distinguished the steadfast?
You used to wish for death before you have faced it. Now you have seen it before your own eyes.
Muhammad is just a messenger just as the messengers who have passed on before him. If he dies or gets killed, will you turn on your heels? He who turns on his heels will not harm Allah in any way. And Allah will reward the appreciative.
No soul can die except by Allah’s leave, at a predetermined time. Whoever desires the reward of the world, We will give him some of it; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter, We will give him some of it; and We will reward the appreciative.
How many a prophet fought alongside him numerous godly people? They did not waver for what afflicted them in the cause of Allah, nor did they weaken, nor did they give in.
Their only words were, “Our Lord, forgive us our offences, and our excesses in our con- duct, and strengthen our foothold, and help us against the disbelieving people.”

Muslims, If you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you end up losers.

Allah has fulfilled His promise to you, and you defeated them by His leave; until when you faltered, and disputed the command, and disobeyed after He had shown you what you like. Some of you want this world, and some of you want the next. Then He turned you away from them, to test you; but He pardoned you.
Remember when you fled, not caring for anyone, even though the Messenger was calling you from your rear.

Then He repaid you with sorrow upon sorrow, so that you would not grieve over what you missed, or for what afflicted you.

Then after the setback, He sent down security upon you.

Slumber overcame some of you, while others cared only for themselves, thinking of Allah thoughts that were untrue—thoughts of ignorance—saying, “Is anything up to us?”

Reply: “Everything is up to Allah.”

They reply: “If it was up to us, none of us would have been killed here.”

Reply: “Even if you Had stayed in your homes, those destined to be killed would have marched into their death beds.”

Those of you who turned back on the day when the 2 armies clashed—it was Satan who caused them to backslide. But Allah has forgiven them.