Say to them...

Say to them, O, Messenger: ``That has come to you from your ownselves, and you were the cause and creator of that misfortune.'' True, that the reverse happened with the permission of God for wanting to test you, and purify you in faith and sincerity; but it may also teach you the lesson that you must do your best, so that you may deserve the help of God.

When you disobey your apostle, and do not observe the order and discipline, such disasters are always probable to happen and afflict you; and you should not attribute them to God, but rather to blame yourself, and your ignorance and shortcomings. 3- You should not be anxious about future, because Allah Has power over all things; and if you remove your weak points and return to your Lord, His help is sure and swift.

وَمَآ أَصَـابَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ اللهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ(( 166 )) 166- WHATEVER AFFLICTED YOU IN THE DAY THAT THE TWO [ 445 ] HOSTS ENCOUNTERED, (IN OHUD) WAS BY THE PERMISSION OF ALLAH, (AND ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT) THAT HE MIGHT MAKE KNOWN THE FAITHFUL.

(FROM AMONG THE UNFAITHFULS) وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذِينَ نَافَقُواْ وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالُوْاْ قَـاتِلُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوْ ادْفَعُواْ قَالُواْ لَوْ نَعْلَمُ قِتَالاً لاَّتَّبَعْنَـاكُمْ هُمْ لِلْكُفْرِ يَوْمَئذ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهُمْ لِلاِْيمَـانِ يَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِهِم مَّا لَيْسَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَكْتُمُونَ(( 167 )) 167- AND ALSO TO MAKE KNOWN THE HYPOCRITES; THOSE TO WHOM IT WAS SAID: `COME TO FIGHT IN THE WAY OF ALLAH, (OR AT LEAST) DEFEND.

(YOUR CITY AND CITIZENS) THEY SAID: `IF WE KNEW (THAT THERE WOULD BE A) FIGHTING, WE WOULD FOLLOW YOU. THAT DAY; THEY WERE NEARER TO UNBELIEF THAN TO BELIEF. THEY SAY WITH THEIR MOUTH WHAT IS NOT IN THEIR HEARTS; AND ALLAH KNOWS BEST WHAT THEY HIDE. THE COMMENTARY LINES SHOULD BE DISTINCT (VERSE NO.

166.This implies that any misfortune or calamity that may afflict people, besides having a certain cause, it is also a means of testing, in order to mark out those who are truthful from those who lie exposing them to the sight of their brothers.

In other word, to make the line of each group distinct from that of the others: ``That which afflicted you the day in which the two hosts encountered in OHUD, was by the permission of Allah.'' [ 446 ] Here Allah's permission is His Will which is usually manifested in the LAW of Cause and Effect.

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