abundant joys. You too were like them before Allah granted His grace to you. Therefore, be
perceptive; Allah knows all that you do.
4:95 Believers who stay at home in safety, other than those who are disabled, are not equal
to those who fight with their wealth and their lives for Allah’s cause [jihad]. Allah has
ranked those who fight earnestly with their wealth and lives above those who stay at home.
Allah has promised good things to all, but those who fight for Him will receive a far
greater reward than those who have not. They will be conferred ranks especially from
Him, along
with forgiveness and mercy, for Allah is forgiving and merciful.
4:100 Those who leave their homes for Allah’s cause [jihad] will find many places of refuge
and provisions in the earth. Those who leave their homes flying to fight for Allah and His
Messenger and die, their reward from Allah is assured. Allah is gracious and merciful!
4:101 When you go forth through the land for war, you will not be blamed if you cut your
prayers short because you fear that the unbelievers are about to attack you for the
unbelievers are your undoubted enemies.
4:102 And when you [Mohammed] are with the believers conducting prayer, let a group of
them stand up with you, taking their weapons with them. After they have prostrated
themselves, let them go back to the rear and allow another group to come up and pray with
you, also allowing them to be armed. It would please the unbelievers if you failed to carry
your weapons and luggage so that they could attack you all at once. You will not be blamed
if you lay down your weapons when a heavy rain impedes you or when you are sick, but you
must always be vigilant. Allah has prepared a disgraceful torment for the unbelievers.
4:103 And when you have finished your prayers, remember Allah when you are standing,
sitting, and lying down. But when you are free from danger, attend to your prayers regularly
for prayer at certain times is commanded for believers.
4:104 Do not relent in pursuing the enemy. If you are suffering, so are they, but you have
hope from Allah while they have none. Allah is all-knowing and wise!
59:9 Those who remained in Medina in their homes and have embraced the faith take care of
those who have fled seeking refuge. They are not jealous of what the refugees have received
but give them preference above themselves, even though they are poor. Those who keep
themselves from their own jealousies will be prosperous. And those who came after them in
the faith say, “Lord! Forgive us as well as those who preceded us in the faith, and do not
cause us to have ill-will toward the faithful. Our Lord! Truly you are kind and merciful.”
22:39 Those who have been attacked are given permission to fight because they have been
persecuted, and surely Allah is able to make them victorious. There are some who have been
driven out of their homes unjustly just because they said, “Allah is our Lord.” If Allah had
not repelled some men by using others [war], the monasteries, churches, synagogues, and
mosques, in which Allah’s name is praised, would have been destroyed. But surely Allah
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