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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al Mizan an Exegesis of the Quran (volume Seven) Volume 7: Ale-imran, Verses 156-164 O you who believe! be not like those who disbelieve and say of their brethren when they travel in the earth or engage in fighting. "Had they been with us, they would not have died and they would not have been slain;" so Allah makes this to be an intense regret in their hearts; and Allah gives life and causes death; and Allah sees what you do (156).

And if you are slain in the way of Allah or you die, certainly forgiveness from Allah and mercy is better than what they amass (157). And if indeed you die or you are slain, certainly to Allah shall you be gathered together (158).

Thus it is due to mercy from Allah that you are lenient to them, and had you been rough, hard-hearted, they would certainly have dispersed from around you; pardon them therefore and ask forgiveness for them, and take counsel with them in the affair; but when you have decided, then place your trust in Allah; surely Allah loves those who trust (in him) (159). If Allah assists you, then there is none that can overcome you, and if He forsakes you, who is there then that can assist you after Him?

And on Allah should the believers rely (160). And it is not attributable to a prophet that he should defraud; and he who defrauds shall bring (with him) that which he has defrauded, on the Day of Resurrection; then shall every soul be paid back fully what it has earned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly (161). Is then he who follows the pleasure of Allah like him who has brought upon himself the wrath from Allah, and whose abode is hell? And it is an evil destination (162).

They are of (diverse) grades with Allah, and Allah sees what they do (163). Certainly Allah conferred (His) favor upon the believers when He raised among them a Messenger from among themselves, reciting to them His signs and purifying them, and teaching them the Book and wisdom, although before that they were surely in manifest error (164). COMMENTARY It is the continuation of the verses revealed especially about the battle of Uhud.

It deals with another affair affecting them, i.e., the grief and sorrow that had overwhelmed them because so many of their braves and notables had been slaughtered. The overwhelming majority of the martyrs was from the Helpers; as reportedly no more than four of the Emigrants were martyred.