Baqarah 243-245
243- DID YOU NOT SEE THOSE WHO ABANDONED THEIR HOMES IN THEIR THOUSANDS, FEARING DEATH, ALLAH SAID TO THEM: “DIE”, AND THEN REVIVED THEM, FOR ALLAH HAS FAVOURS UPON MANKIND, HOWEVER MOST PEOPLE DO NOT GIVE THANKS.
244- AND FIGHT IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH AND KNOW THAT ALLAH HEARS ALL THINGS AND KNOWS ALL THINGS.
245- WHO IS HE WHO GIVES ALLAH A BEAUTIFUL LOAN, ALLAH SHALL MULTIPLY IT MANY TIMES FOR HIM, FOR ALLAH WITHHOLDS AND GIVES PLENTY, AND TO HIM YOU ALL SHALL RETURN.
Allah the Highest is telling us about a group of people, thousands of them. They were not identified in the Ayah, which means that this is not important for us to know who they were, how many, and when did this happen. It does not matter to the morale of the story.
These people, thousands of them, abandoned their homes for fear of death. They probably were in fear from an enemy; they decided not to fight and to leave their homes instead. Allah the Highest showed them that the death they run from, they may suffer anyway through other causes, therefore He caused them to die, then revived them to understand that their lives are in Allah’s hands.
Looking for safety does not necessarily prolong our lives, or save us from death. Allah the Highest said: “WHEREVER YOU ARE, DEATH WILL FIND YOU, EVEN IF YOU ARE IN STRONG TOWERS”. (S: 4 A: 78)
Cowardliness does not save life, but leads to loss of freedom and rights. No one can run away from death, which shall come to all of us, wherever we are at the appointed time. The story of these people narrated in the Quran is a vivid example of that.
Fear of death is what prevents us from fighting in Allah’s cause, defending our faith, lives, honour and countries. Allah the Highest is commanding us to fight in His cause, and not to fear death, for death will happen anyway regardless. We may as well die martyrs, die free, and die honourably.
Fighting to defend our faith, lives and countries requires sacrificing not only live but wealth also. Allah the Highest makes an analogy, that is if we are spending in His cause, is like giving Him a loan, but Allah the Highest does not need any thing from us, but this is an analogy, a parable. This loan is returned many times over, ten times, seven hundred and many more. Allah the Highest said: “THE EXAMPLE OF THOSE WHO SPEND OF THEIR WEALTH IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH IS THAT OF A GRAIN OF CORN, FROM WHICH SEVEN EARS OF CORN GREW, IN EACH EAR THERE IS A HUNDRED GRAIN, AND ALLAH MULTIPLIES EVEN MORE FOR WHOM HE WILLS”. (S:2 A:261)
Spending in the cause of Allah is a source of strength for the Muslim Nation. The person spending is rewarded generously by Allah the Highest, also it keeps the whole nation is strong and cohesive.
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