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اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الْمَلَاِ مِنْۢ بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مُوْسٰىۘ-اِذْ قَالُوْا لِنَبِیٍّ لَّهُمُ ابْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكًا نُّقَاتِلْ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِؕ-قَالَ هَلْ عَسَیْتُمْ اِنْ كُتِبَ عَلَیْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ اَلَّا تُقَاتِلُوْاؕ-قَالُوْا وَ مَا لَنَاۤ اَلَّا نُقَاتِلَ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ وَ قَدْ اُخْرِجْنَا مِنْ دِیَارِنَا وَ اَبْنَآىٕنَاؕ-فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَیْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْا اِلَّا قَلِیْلًا مِّنْهُمْؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ عَلِیْمٌۢ بِالظّٰلِمِیْنَ(246)

English translation of Kanz-ul-Irfan

˹Dear Beloved Prophet,˺ did you not see a group, from the Israelites, after the era of Mūsā?[1] When they said to a Prophet of theirs, “Appoint for us a king that we may fight in the way of Allah.” He (that Prophet) said, “Will it not be the case that if Jihad is made incumbent upon you, then you will not perform Jihad?” They said, “Why should we not fight in the way of Allah while we have been banished from our country and our children.”[2] So when Jihad was made incumbent upon them, they turned away except a few of them. And Allah is well aware of the oppressors.

Commentary

[1]

Mention of an interesting account rousing the courage of Jihad after the command of Jihad

[2]

When the creedal and social conditions of a nation become corrupted, oppressive nations are unleashed upon them. If the creedal and social conditions of Muslims around the world are considered in light of this verse, one sees a clear reflection of it. The Qurʾanic narration of such accounts is not just for historical purposes, rather, one must also learn lessons and reflect.

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