Editing Screen: Surah at-Taubah 9 : 46

Editing: at-Taubah

Description <p><strong>Explanatory Note</strong></p> <p>The way leading to God’s pleasure is straight and clearly marked. Only a person who does not know the way, or one who knows it but tries to avoid its hardship, is reluctant to follow it. Those who stayed behind at the time of the Tabūk Expedition were able to join the army, had they wished to do so. They had all the means at their disposal. Among them were people like `Abdullāh ibn Ubayy and al-Jadd ibn Qays, both of whom were rich and from among the nobility. <strong>“Had they really intended to set out [with you], they would surely have made some preparations for that. But God was averse to their going.”</strong></p> <p>This is due to what He knew of their nature and their hypocrisy, as well as their ill intentions towards the believers, as we will see. Hence,<strong> “He caused them to hold back,”</strong> and did not give them the motivation to set forth with the believers. So, “it was said to them:<strong> "Stay behind with those who stay.’’</strong>  Thus they stayed behind with the elderly, the women and the children who were not required to fight. This is the right place for faint-hearted waverers who lack faith.<br />  </p>

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