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PT. 20 AL-'ANKABŪT CH. 29 وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّلِحَتِ And those who believe and. 10 لَنُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ فِي الصّلِحِينَ do good works-them We shall surely admit into the company of the righteous. وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللهِ فَإِذَا And of men there are some. 11 أو ذِيَ فِي اللهِ جَعَلَ فِتْنَةَ النَّاسِ كَعَذَابِ but when they are made to اللهِ وَلَبِنْ جَاءَ نَصْرُ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمْ أَوَلَيْسَ اللهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِمَا فِي Allah. And if help comes from صُدُورِ الْعَلَمِينَ who say, 'We believe in Allah,' suffer in the cause of Allah, they regard the persecution of men as if it were the punishment of thy Lord, they are sure to say, 'Certainly, we were with you. ' Is not Allah best aware of what is in the breasts of all His creatures?2947 وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ اللهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ And Allah will surely. 12 distinguish those who believe and He will surely distinguish the hypocrites from the believers. 2948 a14:24. 4:142. 3:142; 47:32. the on God's Oneness as the Quran. The immediate cause of revelation of this verse is reported to have been that when Sa'd bin Waqqāṣ accepted Islam, his mother threatened to starve herself to death if he did not renounce the new Faith. There was a clash of loyalties, and Sa'd, a firm believer as he was, refused to succumb to his mother's entreaties and threats. 2947. Commentary: In contrast to the unflinching faith which early Muslims exhibited under the severest trials and which true believers have demonstrated in every age, there are always persons so weak 2471 الْمُنْفِقِينَ of faith that they flinch under ordinary privations and are ready rather to renounce their faith than suffer loss. On the other hand they are always on the lookout to claim comradeship with believers when they see that Divine help is coming to them (believers) and the cause of truth is gaining ground. 2948. Commentary: As mentioned in the preceding verse it is God's practice that in order to try the mettle of believers and to distinguish them from hypocrites He makes them pass through the crucible of fire and blood.