The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 719
PT. 10 AT-TAUBAH CH. 9 إِلَّا تَنْفِرُوا يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيْمًا If you do not go forth to. 39 وَيَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّوهُ painful punishment, and will شَيْئًا وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ fight, He will punish you with a choose in your stead a people other than you, and you shall do Him no harm at all. And Allah has full power over all things. إِلَّا تَنْصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللهُ إِذْ اَخْرَجَهُ If you help him not, then. 40 الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْهُمَا فِي الْغَارِ when the disbelievers اِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَاحِبِهِ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَيَّدَهُ know that Allah helped him even drove him forth while he was one of the two when they were both in the cave, when he said to his companion, ‘Grieve not, بِجُنُودٍ لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ الَّذِيْنَ for Allah is with us. Then كَفَرُوا السُّفْلَى وَكَلِمَةُ اللهِ هِيَ him, and strengthened him with الْعُلْيَا وَاللهُ عَزِيزٌ "Allah sent down His peace on hosts which you did not see, and humbled the word of those who disbelieved, and it is the word of Allah alone which is supreme. And Allah is Mighty, Wise. 1199 "9:26; 48:27. stayed behind without permission only three were true believers, the rest being all hypocrites. Thus at the head of an army about 30,000 strong the Holy Prophet left Medina in the 9th year of Hijrah. On account of the great hardships the Muslim army had to suffer in the long journey, it came to be called i. e. the distressed army. 1159 1199. Important Words: aab (word). See 2:38, 125; 3:46 & 4:172. Commentary: The reference in this verse is to the flight of the Holy Prophet from Mecca to Medina when, accompanied by Abu Bakr, he took shelter in a cave called Thaur. See note on 8:31. The Arabic words rendered as "one of the