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are good.

149. O ye who believe! If ye obey those who disbelieve, they will make you turn back on your heels, and ye turn back

as losers.

150. But Allah is your Protector, and He is the best of helpers.

151. We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve because they ascribe unto Allah partners, for which

no warrant hath been revealed. Their habitation is the Fire, and hapless the abode of the wrong doers.

152. Allah verily made good His promise unto you when ye routed them by His leave, until (the moment) when your

courage failed you, and ye disagreed about the order and ye disobeyed, after He had shown you that for which ye long.

Some of you desired the world, and some of you desired the Hereafter. Therefore He made you flee from them, that

He might try you. Yet now He hath forgiven you. Allah is a Lord of Kindness to believers.

153. When ye climbed (the hill) and paid no heed to anyone, while the messenger, in your rear, was calling you (to

fight). Therefor He rewarded you grief for (his) grief, that (He might teach) you not to sorrow either for that which

ye missed or for that which befell you. Allah is Informed of what ye do.

154. Then, after grief, He sent clown security for you. As slumber did it overcome a party of you, while (the other)

party, who were anxious on their own account, thought wrongly of Allah, the thought of ignorance. They said: Have we

any part in the cause? Say (O Muhammad): The cause belongeth wholly to Allah. They hide within themselves (a

thought) which they reveal not unto thee, saying: Had we had any part in the cause we should not have been slain here.

Say: Even though ye had been in your houses, those appointed to be slain would have gone forth to the places where

they were to lie. (All this hath been) in order that Allah might try what is in your breasts and prove what is in your

hearts. Allah is Aware of what is hidden in the breasts (of men).

155. Lo! those of you who turned back on the day when the two hosts met, Satan alone it was who caused them to

backslide, because of some of that which they have earned. Now Allah hath forgiven them. Lo! Allah is Forgiving.

Clement.

156. O ye who believe! Be not as those who disbelieved and said of their brethren who went abroad in the land or were

fighting in the field: If they had been (here) with us they would not have died or been killed; that Allah may make it

anguish in their hearts. Allah giveth life and causeth death; and Allah is Seer of what ye do.

157. And what though ye be slain in Allah's way or die therein? Surely pardon from Allah and mercy are better than all

that they amass.

158. What though ye be slain or die, when unto Allah ye are gathered?

159. It was by the mercy of Allah that thou wast lenient with them (O Muhammad), for if thou hadst been stern and

fierce of heart they would have dispersed from round about thee. So pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and

consult with them upon the conduct of affairs. And when thou art resolved, then put thy trust in Allah. Lo! Allah loveth

those who put their trust (in Him).

160. If Allah is your helper none can overcome you, and if He withdraw His help from you, who is there who can help

you? In Allah let believers put their trust.

161. It is not for any Prophet to deceive (mankind). Whoso deceiveth will bring his deceit with him on the Day of

Resurrection. Then every soul will be paid in full what it hath earned; and they will not be wronged.

162. Is one who followeth the pleasure of Allah as one who hath earned condemnation from Allah, whose habitation

is the Fire, a hapless journey's end?

163. There are degrees (of grace and reprobation) with Allah, and Allah is Seer of what ye do.

164. Allah verily hath shown grace to the believers by sending unto them a messenger of their own who reciteth unto

them His revelations, and causeth them to grow, and teacheth them the Scripture and wisdom; although before (he came

to them ) they were in flagrant error.

165. And was it so, when a disaster smote you, though ye had smitten (them with a disaster) twice (as great), that ye

said: How is this? Say (unto them, O Muhammad): It is from yourselves. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.

166. That which befell you, on the day when the two armies met, was by permission of Allah; that He might know the

true believers;

167. And that He might know the hypocrites, unto whom it was said: Come, fight in the way of Allah, or defend

yourselves. They answered: If we knew aught of fighting we would follow you. On that day they were nearer disbelief

than faith. They utter with their mouths a thing which is not in their hearts. Allah is best aware of what they hide.

168. Those who, while they sat at home, said of their brethren (who were fighting for the cause of Allah): If they had