The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 130
CH. 3 ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN themselves before the enemy. And Allah loves the steadfast. 430 our 148. And they uttered not a word except that they said: "Our Lord, forgive us errors and our excesses in our conduct, and make firm our steps and help us against the disbelieving people. '431 PT. 4 وَمَا كَانَ قَوْلَهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِي أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَفِرِينَ فَانهُمُ الله ثَوَابَ الدُّنْيَا وَحُسْنَ ثَوَابِ So Allah gave them the. 149 الْآخِرَةِ وَاللهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ reward of this world, as also an excellent reward of the next; 430. Important Words: سراب "2:251, 287. 3:146. (companies of followers) is the plural of ✓ (ribbi) which is derived from for which see 1:2. means, one related to a i. e. company or a large company or a numerous company. Thus means, those forming a large company or a large body of persons, i. e. followers (Aqrab). It also signifies learned, pious and patient men (Lane). (did humiliate themselves) is derived from which means, he or it became still or stationary; or the word is derived from of which means, he or it came into existence; or he or it was in a certain condition. means, he was or became lowly, humble, humiliated, or in a state of abasement (Aqrab). Commentary: by the good example set by their righteous predecessors. The latter were not found lacking in preparations for fighting in the cause of Allah, nor were they slack in actual fighting or wanting in steadfastness. 431. Commentary: Each part of the prayer contained in this verse corresponds to the points mentioned in the previous one. In fact, success comes only by the help and grace of God. Human effort alone is not enough. It should, however, be noted that, corresponding to the last part of the prayer in this verse, there is mentioned no corresponding effort on the part of believers in the preceding verse, thus indicating that final victory and success come solely through the grace of God and are not The verse exhorts believers to profit the result of our actions. 570