Anfal 19

Anfal 19 

19- IF YOU SEEK TO START THE FIGHT, IT HAS COME TO YOU THEN, BUT IF YOU REFRAIN, IT IS BETTER FOR YOU, BUT IF YOU RETURN, SO WILL WE, AND YOUR PEOPLE WILL NOT HELP YOU EVEN IF THEY ARE PLENTY, FOR ALLAH IS WITH THE BELIEVERS. 

The disbelievers wished to have the opportunity to fight the Muslims, and Allah the Highest tells them that they have their chance.

It is interesting to know that the disbelievers were praying by the Kabba. Abu Jahl hung on to the curtains of the Kabba pleading: “Allah, I beg you to give victory to the better army of the two, the more honourable, and the better tribe of the two”.  Certainly Allah the Highest answered his plead.  

When the disbelievers arrived at Badr, Abu Jahl was heard pleading: “Allah, he severed blood relations, and brought us what we do not know, Allah, I beg you to destroy him (meaning Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him,)” today.

Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, pleaded before the battle saying: “Allah, should this group of men perish; you will not be worshiped on Earth”.  

The disbelievers, then, and now consider themselves to be the better group of people, particularly if they are better off financially, or have more power and strength, which they think reflects morality and righteousness.  Richer and more powerful nations usually consider themselves to be better than the poorer or weaker nations.  The disbelievers were pleading for support, as being the better group, while Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace  upon him, pleaded to Allah the Highest for the Muslims, as they were the group which worships Allah the Highest alone.  However Allah’s scales are different. Allah the Highest said: “THE MOST HONOURABLE OF YOU BEFORE ALLAH IS THE MOST PIOUS OF YOU”.  (S:49 A:13)

The chance came for the disbelievers to prove that they were the better of the two groups and that the right was on their side.  Yet Allah the Highest tells them that his support is for those who worship Him alone as the one and only God.  Allah the Highest supported the believers in their fight against the disbelievers and He will support them again, as long as they remain on the right path.  Allah the Highest said: “SHOULD ALLAH SUPPORTS YOU, NO ONE CAN DEFEAT YOU; BUT IF HE ABANDONS YOU, NO ONE CAN SUPPORT YOU AFTER HIM, AND IN ALLAH THE BELIEVERS SHOULD PUT THEIR TRUST”.  (S:3 A:160)

Allah’s support is certainly the ultimate support for us, and having Allah’s support we will not need any other.  

الأنفال ١٩

الأنفال ١٩

١٩- إِن تَسۡتَفۡتِحُواْ فَقَدۡ جَآءَكُمُ ٱلۡفَتۡحُۖ وَإِن تَنتَهُواْ فَهُوَ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡۖ وَإِن تَعُودُواْ نَعُدۡ وَلَن تُغۡنِيَ عَنكُمۡ فِئَتُكُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَوۡ كَثُرَتۡ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ 

كان الكفار يدعون على المؤمنين أن ينتقم الله ممن قطعوا الرحم وخرجوا عن جماعتهم (في عبادة الأصنام) بأن أسلموا , وكان هذا قبل معركة بدر الكبرى , وقد جاءهم الفتح بأن حكم الله بين عبادة في هذه المعركة الفاصلة التى أسماها الله عز وجل ”يوم الفرقان“ فقد فرق الله عز وجل فيه بين الحق والباطل ونصر الحق.

ووعد الله عز وجل أن يكون في نصر المؤمنين وأن الكفار لن تغنى عنهم فئتهم شيئا ولن تنصرهم وإن كثروا فالله عز وجل مع المؤمنين وقد قال سبحانه وتعالى : ”إِن يَنصُرۡكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمۡۖ وَإِن يَخۡذُلۡكُمۡ فَمَن ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَنصُرُكُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦۗ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلۡيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ”  (آل عمران ١٦٠)

والآن اصبح الخوارج يقولون على المؤمنين مثل ما قاله الكفار من ١٤٠٠ عام , ويحق الله الحق وينصر الحق على الباطل دائما , وعلى المؤمنين أن لا يشكوا أنهم على حق وأن الله ناصرهم.

Anfal 17-18

Anfal 17-18

17- YOU DID NOT KILL THEM, BUT ALLAH KILLED THEM, AND YOU DID NOT THROW WHEN YOU THREW, BUT ALLAH THROW, SO THAT THE BELIEVERS SHOULD BE VICTORIOUS FOR ALLAH HEARS ALL AND KNOWS ALL.

18- OVER AND ABOVE THAT, ALLAH WEAKENS THE PLOTTING OF THE DISBELIEVERS. 

Allah’s will is exercised throughout the Universe, it is unstoppable, and cannot be diverted.  Allah the Highest exercises His will normally through His creation, of man, animal, plant, sea, air, and of all His creation .  Allah the Highest said: “FIGHT THEM AND ALLAH WILL TORTURE THEM VIA YOUR HANDS”.   (S:9 A:14)

Whatever happens, happens because it is Allah’s will, we do what we have to do, but the result comes from Allah the Highest, however we have to do our best, and Allah the Highest does not let us down, Allah the Highest said: “AND VICTORY COMES ONLY FROM ALLAH, THE EXALTED IN POWER, THE WISE”.  (S:3 A:126)

Whatever we do for the sake of Allah, we are fulfilling His will.  Even the disbelievers or evil doers are used to fulfill Allah’s will, by what they do or do not do.  

Allah the Highest instructs nature’s elements to fulfil His will, within its physical laws, or He breaks these physical laws to fulfill His will, as happened with the parting of the sea to allow for the crossing of Moses and the Children of Israel.  Such cases we consider to be miracles, but it is all in the context of fulfilling Allah’s will, whether within the physical laws, or by breaking the physical laws, which are Allah’s creation as well.

Allah the Highest knows all that is not known and hidden.  Plotting is to plan secretly, and Allah the Highest reassures the Muslims of His knowledge of the plotting and secret planning of the disbelievers against them; and when the believers abide by the laws of Allah the Highest, they are then under His protection.  Allah the Highest then weakens the plotting of the disbelievers, renders it in vain, and turns it against them.  

There has always been evil in the world and there will always be evil, for then people can see what is good, and they will be tested and tried by the evil, to choose what is good and righteous.  Evil is therefore present by Allah’s will.  Its presence is part of Allah’s plan.   

الأنفال ١٧-١٨

الأنفال ١٧-١٨

١٧- فَلَمۡ تَقۡتُلُوهُمۡ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمۡۚ وَمَا رَمَيۡتَ إِذۡ رَمَيۡتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَمَىٰ وَلِيُبۡلِيَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ مِنۡهُ بَلَآءً حَسَنًاۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ 

١٨- ذَٰلِكُمۡ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُوهِنُ كَيۡدِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ 

لم يجعل الله سبحانه وتعالى لخلقة قدرة في ذاتهم بدون أمرة وفعله هو سبحانه وتعالى , حتى في الحرب والقتال , فالقتل يكون بأذنه عز وجل والرمي سواء بالسهام أو الرصاص لا يصيب العدو إلا بإذنه سبحانه وتعالى وتوفيقه , ثم أن الله مع المؤمنين وناصرهم وموهن أي مضعف من كيد الكافرين وتخطيطهم ومكرهم بالمؤمنين.

أضعاف كيد الكافرين هو نصر وتأييد للمؤمنين , فليعلم كل مؤمن أن الله عز وجل  قد رمى في كيد الكافرين ضعفا , فلا يخافوهم وقد أضعفهم الله عز وجل.  هذا وعد للمؤمنين في كل زمان ومكان من الله عز وجل.

Anfal 15-16

Anfal 15-16

15- YOU WHO BELIEVE; WHENEVER YOU MEET THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE IN BATTLE; DO NOT TURN YOUR BACKS TO THEM.

16- AS FOR THOSE WHO TURN THEIR BACKS TO THEM THEN, UNLESS THEY ARE PREPARING TO FIGHT, OR REGROUPING WITH OTHERS, HE WILL RETURN HOME WITH ALLAH’S ANGER, AND HIS ABODE WILL BE THE HELL-FIRE, AND THE WORST DESTINY IT IS.  

Allah the Highest is telling us, that it is a great sin to turn our backs and run away from battle, either actually in battle, or on the way to battle.  It can even be before the battle, by running away from the army, which has to go to war.  

It is one of the seven greatest sins in Islam.  Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Do not do the seven major sins; the worship of partners besides Allah, Magic, killing the soul which Allah made sacred, except for a just cause, taking usury, taking orphans money unjustly, turning away on the day of battle, speaking ill of the virtuous, unaware and believing women”.  (M: Eman, 145)

Turning away from battle weakens the Muslims and weakens the Muslim’s army and weakens its morale.  

There are times when every able bodied man has to fight, and other times only some are sent to battle.  In either case, those who are meant to go to battle should never turn away, and when the armies engage in fighting, they should never run away or turn away from the battle field except in two situations:

1. A soldier may turn his back on the enemy in battle in order to change his position to be able to attack and fight again.

2. Or a soldier may turn his back on the enemy in order to regroup with other Muslims to fight.  This is similar to what happened to the Muslim army fighting the Romans in Moatah.  There were 3000 Muslims fighting 200 000 strong Roman Army.  After the loss of their three leaders, Khalid Ibn El-Waled assumed leadership of the army and withdraw it back to Medina. 

 

When the army arrived to Medina, people mocked and even stoned the returning men, considering that they turned away from the enemy.  Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said that they turned back to regroup.  

On another occasion, Abd Allah Ibn Omar was member of a party of men Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, sent on a military mission.  When they met the enemy and found that they were vastly outnumbered, they withdrew.   Then they said to each other: “what shall we do having run away from the battle and incurred Allah’s anger?”  They went back to Medina, and told Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, and asked for forgiveness, and said to him: “We are those who ran away”.  But he said to them: “But you are those who returned to regroup, I am the one every Muslim regroups to”.   They went to him and kissed his hand.  (Abu Dawood & Termezi & Ibn Magah & Ahmed)

This does not mean that the Muslims should withdraw from any battle where they are outnumbered, for they fought many battles where they were outnumbered 1:3 and 1:7 and by more, but they did not withdraw and they won.  However when the chance is that they will perish if they continue, withdrawal here is tactical and is regrouping.

Allah the Highest is telling us that the recompense of those who run away is Allah’s Anger which leads to the severe punishment of the Hell-Fire.

الأنفال ١٥-١٦

الأنفال ١٥-١٦

١٥- يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ زَحۡفٗا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ ٱلۡأَدۡبَارَ 

١٦- وَمَن يُوَلِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ دُبُرَهُۥٓ إِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفٗا لِّقِتَالٍ أَوۡ مُتَحَيِّزًا إِلَىٰ فِئَةٖ فَقَدۡ بَآءَ بِغَضَبٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَأۡوَىٰهُ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ 

هذا أمر للمسلمين في كل مكان وفي كل العصور في حالة القتال , وهي أن لا يفروا في مواجهة العدو في الحرب , بل يقابلوهم بصدورهم مقبلين غير مدبرين إلا في حالتين :

• أن يغير موقعه في الجيش لموقع آخر ليستمر في القتال.
• أن ينضم الى فئة أخرى يقويهم ويتقوى بهم ليستمر في القتال.

ثم وعد الله من يولي ظهره للعدو في القتال بغضب الله عز وجل وبجهنم وبئس المصير. هذا وعد شديد لمسلم خرج لحرب المشركين , فالتولي يوم الزحف من أكبر الكبائر , فهو يضعف الجيش كله ويفتت من معنوياته.

وأذكر ما بلغنى من أحد كبار ضباط القوات المسلحه المصرية الذي أستشهد أبنه في معركة في سيناء , فلما ذهب ليتعرف على جثمان أبنه أصر على أن يكشف على جثمانه كله , فلما رأى أن الرصاصات أصابت أبنه في صدرة , قبل جبين أبنه وبكي عليه.

وليس الفرار أن ينسحب الجيش إذا لقوا جيشا كبيرا جدا لينضموا الى جماعة المسلمين , كما فعل خالد بن الوليد في معركة مؤته في الشام عندما كان جيش المسلمين ثلاثة آلاف وجيش الروم ٢٠٠ الف , فأنسحب بهم خالد بن الوليد الى المدينة المنورة خوفا من أن يسأصلوا عن آخرهم فطمأنهم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنهم لم يفروا ولكن أنحازوا الى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم والى فئة المسلمين (السيرة لأبن هشام)