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طاعة وقول معروف فاذا عزم الامر فلو صدقوا الله لكان خيرا لهم ٢١
طَاعَةٌۭ وَقَوْلٌۭ مَّعْرُوفٌۭ ۚ فَإِذَا عَزَمَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فَلَوْ صَدَقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًۭا لَّهُمْ ٢١
طَاعَةٞ
وَقَوۡلٞ
مَّعۡرُوفٞۚ
فَإِذَا
عَزَمَ
ٱلۡأَمۡرُ
فَلَوۡ
صَدَقُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
لَكَانَ
خَيۡرٗا
لَّهُمۡ
٢١
to obey and speak rightly. Then when fighting was ordained, it surely would have been better for them if they were true to Allah.
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Emma Turahman
5 years ago · Referencing Ayah 2:216, 47:20-21, 9:29
Is war only in self-defense? The aya says qital which means combat...not دفاع difa which is self-defense.
Allah forgive us and allow us to see truth as truth and bless us with following it and falsehood as falsehood and bless us with avoiding it.
اللهم أرنا الحق حقا و ارزقنا اتباعه و أرنا الباطل باطلا و ارزقنا اجتنابه
If anyone would like to comment on any of these verses feel free :)
Allah forgive us and allow us to see truth as truth and bless us with following it and falsehood as falsehood and bless us with avoiding it.
اللهم أرنا الحق حقا و ارزقنا اتباعه و أرنا الباطل باطلا و ارزقنا اجتنابه
If anyone would like to comment on any of these verses feel free :)
Tareq Abed
7 years ago · Referencing Ayah 47:20-21
Rather then brag about how much we would serve islam had there been righteous leader or had I had the opportunity to be there when the action happens, focus on obeying Allah now in your daily life and when the time comes for you to be required to make a bigger sacrifice he will grant you the ability to do so. The blame in these verses is on those who longed for fighting and when fighting was prescribed they felt fear, so had they just obeyed the...See more
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
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