The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 654
CH. 8 AL-ANFĀL PT. 9 فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ قَتَلَهُمْ So you killed them not, but. 18 وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ رَى وَلِيُبْلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَاءً حَسَنًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ it was Allah Who killed them. And thou threwest not when thou didst throw, but it was Allah Who threw, that "He might overthrow the disbelievers and that He might confer on the believers a great favour from Himself. Surely, Allah is All-Hearing, All- Knowing. 1107 "33:12. testing with something; seeking and desiring; choosing or selecting (Lane). later stage the retreat of a believing God. signifies trying, proving or party against a disbelieving host on the basis of disparity in numbers. Where true faith comes in, numbers do not and indeed cannot count. It must be a fight to the finish, for what does a believer await except one of the two good things-victory or martyrdom (9:52)? 1107. Important Words: a (that He might confer). (is derived from which is derived from They say ori. e. he tried, proved or tested him with something good or evil. means, God did to him a good deed. means, I conferred upon him a favour or benefit. > means, the act of trying or testing; a trial or a test; an affliction of any kind by which one's patience or any other virtue is tried or proved or tested; a benefit, favour or blessing; grief; imposition of difficult or troublesome thing. means, a great benefit or favour or blessing of God or a good gift of a Commentary: The words, So you killed them not, but it was Allah Who killed them, signify that the victory at Badr was not due to any effort on the part of the Muslims; it was purely an act of God. Thus, as enjoined in the preceding verse, there is no justification for Muslims to flee from a battlefield. The Battle of Badr, fought in the second year of Hijrah, began with single combats; then there was a general attack. At this juncture the Holy Prophet took a handful of pebbles and cast them towards the enemy. That was a token for the help of God to come, just as striking the water of the sea with the rod by Moses was a signal for God's aid to arrive. When the Holy Prophet cast the pebbles, there rose a strong gale which, blowing directly in the 1094