The prophet is addressed here: ``And remember when you left your family in the early morning, (OF 7th SHAWAL A.H.3 = JANUARY 625) in order to station the believers in their battle- posts, while Allah was hearing your arguments and knew your situation.'' It then states that two parties of the Muslims - most probably [ 408 ] BANU SALAMA and BANU HARITHA - wavered and became faint-hearted, but they soon collected their vital power under the prophet's inspiration.
They thought for a while to leave the field and go back to Medina. They might have been of those group who had the idea of staying in the town for defence; but the prophet had finally decided to go out and confront the enemy outside the town. So these two groups wavered for a while, but very soon they managed to control their weakness and wavering, and they stood firmly against the enemy in the battle field of OHUD.
وَلَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللهُ بِبَدْر وَأَنتُمْ أَذِلَّةٌ فَاتَّقُواْ اللهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ (( 123 )) 123- AND ALLAH HELPED YOU AT BADR AND YOU WERE WEAK. (RELATIVE TO YOUR ENEMY) THEN BEWARE OF ALLAH THAT YOU MAY GIVE THANKS.
إِذْ تَقُولُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَلَن يَكْفِيَكُمْ أَن يُمِدَّكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِثَلَـثَةِ ءَالَـف مِّنَ الْمَلاَئكَةِ مُنزَلِينَ (( 124 )) 124- AND WHEN YOU SAID TO THE BELIEVERS: ``IS IT NOT ENOUGH THAT YOUR LORD SHALL ASSIST YOU WITH THREE THOUSANDS OF THE ANGELS SENT DOWN? بَلَى إِن تَصْبِرُواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ وَيَأْتُوكُم مِّن فَوْرِهِمْ هَـذَا يُمْدِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِخَمْسَةِ ءَالَـف مِّن الْمَلاَئكَةِ مُسَوِّمِينَ (( 125 )) 125- YEA!
(TO - DAY TOO) IF YOU REMAIN FIRM AND AVOID EVIL, AND IF THE FOE SHOULD SUDDENLY ATTACK YOU YOUR LORD WILL ASSIST YOU WITH FIVE THOUSANDS ANGELS WHO CARRY MARKS WITH THEM. وَمَا جَعَلَهُ اللهُ إِلاَّ بُشْرَى لَكُمْ وَلِتَطْمَئنَّ قُلُوبُكُم بِهِ وَمَا النَّصْرُ إِلاَّ مِنْ عِندِ اللهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ (( 126 )) [ 409 ] 126- AND ALLAH DID NOT THAT SAVE AS A GLAD TIDING FOR YOU, AND TO ASSURE YOUR HEARTS. AND THERE IS NO VICTORY EXCEPT FROM ALLAH, THE EXALTED, THE WISE.
لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفاً مِّنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ أَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنقَلِبُواْ خَآئبِينَ(( 127 )) 127- THAT HE MAY CUT OFF THE FLANK OF THE UNBELIEVER OR ABASE THEM; SO THAT THEY RETURN IN DESPAIR. THE COMMENTARY VERSE NO.