[11] Wish number 6...
[11] Wish number 6: O I wish I had taken Sabeel along with the Rasool وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا {2725:} And on the Day, the unjust one would bite upon his hand saying, ‘O I wish I had taken Sabeel along with the Rasool!’ [25:27] See Ahadith in Wish number 4 (above) and our article ‘Sabeel Allah’ at www.hubealic.com.
Wish number 7: ‘I wish I had been with them, then I would have been successful with a great success’ – [4:73-74] وَلَئِنْ أَصَابَكُمْ فَضْلٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ لَيَقُولَنَّ كَأَنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ مَوَدَّةٌ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا {734:} And if Grace from Allah comes to you, he would be speaking out as if there had not been any cordiality between you and him: ‘I wish I had been with them, then I would have been successful with a great success’ [4:73] فَلْيُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يَشْرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْآخِرَةِ ۚ وَمَنْ يُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُقْتَلْ أَوْ يَغْلِبْ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا {744:} So let them fight in the Way of Allah, those who are selling the life of the world for the Hereafter; and the one who fights in the Way of Allah, whether he is killed or overcomes, We will soon be Granting him a great Recompense [4:74] قال: و روي عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام): أن المراد بالثبات: السرايا، و بالجميع: العسكر.
He (Al-Sadouq) said, ‘And it has been reported from Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘What is Meant by the detachments [4:71] are the brigades, and with altogether – the (whole) army’.
[12] العياشي: عن سليمان بن خالد، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام): «يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فسماهم مؤمنين و ليس هم بمؤمنين، و لا كرامة، قال: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا خُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ فَانْفِرُوا ثُباتٍ أَوِ انْفِرُوا جَمِيعاً إلى قوله: فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزاً عَظِيماً Al Ayyashi, from Suleyman Bin Khalid, from Abu Abdullah -asws has said: ‘ [4:71] O you who believe! – so they were Named as Momineen and they were neither Momineen nor (had any) prestige. He -azwj Says O you who believe!
Take your precaution, then go forth in detachments or go forth altogether [4:71] – up to His -azwj Words a great success [4:73] . و لو أن أهل السماء و الأرض قالوا: قد أنعم الله علي إذ لم أكن مع رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)، لكانوا بذلك مشركين، و إذا أصابهم فضل من الله قال: يا ليتني كنت معهم فأقاتل في سبيل الله».
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