The Majestic Quran

146 Muhammad is like many other prophets alongside whom masses of devout men have fought; they were neither disheartened nor weakened, nor did they surrender in face of their sufferings. God loves the patient. 147 They prayed, “Our Lord, forgive our sins and any extravagance of ours, make us steadfast, and help us against the disbelievers.” 148 God granted them both the rewards of this world and an excellent reward in the Hereafter. God loves those who strive to do good. 149 Believers, if you obey the disbelievers, they will make you turn on your heels and go back to your previous ways as losers. 150 Rather, God is your Protector, and He is the Best of helpers. 151 We will cast terror into the hearts of the disbelievers because of all that they associated with God without any revealed authority. Their home is the Fire. What an evil resting place for the wrongdoers! A P ’ r 152 God fulfilled His promise of help, so you defeated them, then you lost courage, argued about the order you had been given and disobeyed, even after He had shown you what you desired – the fact is that some of you long for the world, whilst others among you long for the Hereafter – and then He saved you from them in order to test you further . Now He has pardoned you. God is Gracious to the believers. 153 Remember how you fled uphill in panic without concern for anyone, yet the Messenger was calling you from behind; so He gave you a lot of anguish so that afterwards you don›t grieve over your loss and sufferings. God is aware of what you did. D 154 Then, after the anguish, He gave you a sense of security, drowsiness overwhelmed some of you, whilst others were absorbed in their private thoughts, entertaining false ideas about God, ideas only fit for the Age of Ignorance. They were saying to themselves , “Do we have any say in this?” Tell them, Muhammad : “All of this rests with God.” They conceal in their hearts what they will not reveal to you, saying, “If we had a say in this, we would not have been killed in this spot.” Say: “Even if you had stayed at home, those who were fated to be killed would still have come out here to their graves. God did this to test your courage and to prove what is in your hearts.” God knows well people’s innermost feelings.