Lesson # 1005 from Noble Quran
God showed foe as weak in dream of Messenger
Surah ‘ANFAAL (SPOILS OF WAR) – Chapter – 8)
Stage – 2, Verse – 43 of 75, Section
– 5 of 10 (Part - 10)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In
the name of God, the Beneficent, the
Merciful
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43. When Allah showed
them unto thee (O Muhammad) in thy dream as few in number, and if He had
shown them to thee as many, ye (Muslims) would have faltered and would have quarreled
over the affair, but Allah saved (you). Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts
(of men).
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43. ‘Iz
yuriika -humUllaahu fii
manaa-mika qaliilaa. Wa
law ‘araa-kahum kasiiral-la-fashiltum wa
lata-naaza’-tum fil-‘amri wa
laakin-nAllaaha sallam. ‘InnaHuu
‘Aliimum- bizaatis-suduur.
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Lesson
Fashiltum
–
(you would have faltered), it is past tense. Fashal means “to become languid or enfeebled, to be lazy during
work”.
Tanaaza’-tum
–
(you would have quarreled), past tense from the word tanaaza’, which has been derived from naza’. Naza’ means “withdraw, quarrel with one another, contention,
snatching forcibly, and mutual brawl”. It aims that you would have begun to quarrel
among yourselves.
‘Amri
–
(the affair), this word has many usages. Here it aims “that work which was
before them at that time i.e. fight against unbelievers”.
Zaatis-suduur
–
(in the breasts), zaat means “the keeper”.
Suduur is plural of sadar, which means breast. The heart is
in the breast. Therefore, here it aims “the hearts”. Zaatis-suduur means “those
matters which come in the hearts/minds of the people”.
It has been commanded in this verse that it was the Will of
God Almighty that you should fight the infidels and defeat them, because He is
Aware of the expedience of all people. He showed His Messenger (grace, glory,
blessings and peace be upon Him) in the dream that the disbelievers (against
whom the Muslims have to fight) are few in number.
The expedience in it was that the Muslims should be encouraged;
weakness and laziness should not come in their minds. If the Messenger of God
Almighty (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) would have seen more
strength of disbelievers in His dream; as it actually was, and the Muslims
would have heard about such dream, then they would have lost their spirit and
their intents would have been mean spirited.
Any individual of them would have talked “how can we fight
face to face too much big Army? It is not good to come out against them”. Any other
would have said: No! We should move against them. When there is mutual misunderstanding
in any work that whether it should be done or otherwise, then that situation is
not good. Allah Almighty arranged to save them.
God Almighty showed in the dream of His Messenger (grace,
glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) that the strength of infidels is very
less. It meant that although they are more in number but this strength is
useless, because they will be defeated badly in such a way which happens with few
people.
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