The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 113
PT. 4 ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN CH. 3 وَلَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللهُ بِبَدْرٍ وَأَنْتُمْ أَذِلَّةٌ And Allah had already. 124 helped you at Badr 'when you were weak. So take Allah for your protector that you may be grateful. 408 فَاتَّقُوا اللهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ إِذْ تَقُولُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَنْ يَكْفِيَكُمْ أَنْ When thou didst say to the. 125 believers, "Will it not suffice يُمِدَّكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ بِثَلَثَةِ الْفِ مِنَ الْمَلَكَةِ you that your Lord should help مُنْزَلِينَ you with three thousand angels sent down from on high?'409 Muslim a8:8, 11; 9:25. 2:250. 8:10. should neglect material means and confine himself to praying to God and waiting for His help. This is a misguided conception of ✓ (trusting in God) which finds no support in Islamic teachings. What Islam teaches is this, that true believer should use all the available means of attaining an object but should, at the same time, not rely upon them. He should trust in God alone looking upon worldly means as only being effective under the will of God. "Tie the knees of your camel and then trust in God", says the Holy Prophet-an extremely difficult position but nevertheless the only right way of demonstrating true faith in God! 408. Important Words: vụ (Badr) literally means the full moon. The verb formy from which the noun-form is derived gives the sense of making haste. They say i. e. he hastened towards it. Badr, in the sense of full moon, is so called because it hastens to rise before the sun sets and to set before the sun rises. 553 Badr is also the name of a place on the route between Mecca and Medina. It takes its name from a spring which belonged to a man named Badr. The Battle of Badr referred to here took place near this place. Commentary: These words are addressed to Muslims through the Holy Prophet, who actually used them after the Battle of Uhud. They remind the Faithful that God had granted them victory at Badr while they were much weaker than at the time of the Battle of Uḥud, because they behaved patiently and God- obediently, fearingly on that occasion. So the setback at Uhud was due to their own weakness and the disobedience, though not quite intentional, which some of them showed to their Master. But the words also imply a promise of help in future if the Muslims repent of their mistake and behave like true believers. 409. Commentary: The verse means that if the Meccans