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5:83 - And when they listen to the revelation received by the Apostle thou wilt see their eyes<br />

overflowing with tears for they recognize the truth: they pray: "Our Lord! we believe; write us<br />

down among the witnesses.<br />

5:84 - "What cause can we have not to believe in Allah and the truth which has come to us seeing<br />

that we long for our Lord to admit us to the company of the righteous?"<br />

5:105 - O ye who believe! guard your own souls: if ye follow (right) guidance no hurt can come to<br />

you from those who stray. The goal of you all is to Allah: it is He that will show you the truth of<br />

all that ye do. 811<br />

5:119 - Allah will say: "This is a day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are<br />

Gardens with rivers flowing beneath their eternal home: Allah well-pleased with them and they<br />

with Allah: that is the great Salvation (the fulfillment of all desires). 833<br />

833 Fauz = Felicity, happiness, achievement, salvation, the attainment or fulfilment of desires. What a beautiful definition<br />

of salvation or the end of life!-that we should win Allah's good pleasure and that we should reach the stage at which<br />

His good pleasure is all-in-all to us. (5.119)<br />

6:57 - Say: "For me I (work) on a clear Sign from my Lord but ye reject Him. What ye would see<br />

hastened is not in my power. The Command rests with none but Allah: He declares the truth<br />

and He is the best of Judges." 877<br />

6:111 - Even if We did send unto them angels and the dead did speak unto them and We gathered<br />

together all things before their very eyes they are not the ones to believe unless it is in Allah's<br />

Plan: but most of them ignore (the truth). 940<br />

6:114 - Say: "Shall I seek for judge other than Allah? when He it is Who hath sent unto you the<br />

Book explained in detail." They know full well to whom We have given the Book that it hath<br />

been sent down from thy Lord in truth. Never be then of those who doubt. 943<br />

7:33 - Say: The things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds whether open or<br />

secret; sins and trespasses against truth or reason; assigning of partners to Allah for which he<br />

hath given no authority; and saying things about Allah of which ye have no knowledge. 1016<br />

8:4 - Such in truth are the believers: they have grades of dignity with their Lord and forgiveness and<br />

generous sustenance.<br />

8:5 - Just as thy Lord ordered thee out of thy house in truth even though a party among the<br />

believers disliked it. 1181<br />

1181 Just as: the comparison takes us back to the first clause in verse 4: "such in truth are the Believers"-just as thy Lord<br />

also is just and true in ordering thee out to fight against heavy odds, when the alternative was to fight against the<br />

unarmed caravan which would have given thee abundant booty almost without a fight. To appreciate the full meaning,<br />

remember that the word haqq, translated "truth" means also "right," "just", "what is becoming." The true Believers<br />

believe in truth and do right in obedience to Allah's command. So Allah also, in asking them to fight against odds, is<br />

not asking them to rush to destruction, but is providing them with an opportunity of vindicating the truth in scorn of<br />

worldly advantage. And He made good His promise by giving them victory. (8.5)<br />

8:6 - Disputing with thee concerning the truth after it was made manifest as if they were being<br />

driven to death and they (actually) saw it. 1182<br />

1182 In verse 6 we have again the word "truth": some of the Believers disputed concerning "the truth": they did not feel sure<br />

that the course recommended was the right course. They thought it would be certain destruction: they saw death<br />

almost staring them in the face. (8.6)<br />

8:7 - Behold! Allah promised you one of the two (enemy) parties that it should be yours: ye wished<br />

that the one unarmed should be yours but Allah willed to justify the truth according to His<br />

words and to cut off the roots of the unbelievers. 1183<br />

1183 Just before Badr there were two alternatives before the Muslims in Madinah to save themselves from being<br />

overwhelmed by the Makkan Quraish with all their resources from the rich Syrian trade. One, which had least danger<br />

for the time being, and also promised much booty, was to fall upon the Quraish caravan returning from Syria to<br />

Makkah richly laden, and led by Aba Sufyan with only 40 men unarmed. From a wordly point of view this was the<br />

safest and most lucrative course. The other alternative, was to leave the booty out boldly against the well-armed and<br />

well-equipped Quraish army of 1,000 men coming from Makkah. The Muslims had no more than 300 men, ill-armed,<br />

to oppose this force. But if they could defeat it, it would shake the selfish autocracy which was in possession of<br />

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