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CH. 61 الْعَظيمة PT. 28 AȘ-ṢAFF Eternity". That is the supreme triumph. 4232 وَأُخْرَى تُحِبُّوْنَهَا نَصْرُ مِنَ اللهِ وَفَتْحُ And He will bestow upon. 14 WU គ قَرِيبٌ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ you another favour which you love: help from Allah and a near victory. So give glad tidings to the believers. يَا يُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا اَنْصَارَ اللهِ كَمَا O ye who believe! be. 15 helpers of Allah, as said Jesus, قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ لِلْحَوَارِيْنَ مَنْ ,son of Mary, to his disciples أَنْصَارِى إِلَى اللهِ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّوْنَ 'Who are my helpers in the cause of Allah. ' The disciples نَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللهِ فَأَمَنَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ said, “We are helpers of Allah بَنِي إِسْرَاءِيْلَ وَ كَفَرَتْ طَابِفَةٌ Israel believed, while a party فَأَيَّدْنَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَى عَدُوّهُمْ power to those who believed فَأَصْبَحُوا ظهرين became victorious. 4233 So a party of the children of disbelieved. Then We gave against their enemy, and they 4232. Commentary: હૈં E "9:72; 19:62; 20:77. 3:53; 5:112. The verse purports to say that Muslims, by preaching Islamic ideals and principles to the world, will prosper and Islam will advance and make progress. 4233. Commentary: Of the three religious groups among the Jews to whom Jesus preached his Message the Pharisees, the Sadducees and the Essenes-Jesus belonged to the last, while he had not yet been commissioned as a Divine Preacher. The Essenes were a highly religious and righteous people who lived away from the world's hustle and bustle, passing their time in meditation and prayer and in the service of humanity. It was from these people that most of Jesus's early followers came ("The Dead Sea Community" by Kurt Schubert and "The Crucifixion by an Eye- Witness"). They have been called "Helpers" by Eusephus. 3149 The concluding words of the Surah are indeed very prophetic. Throughout the ages the followers of Jesus have enjoyed power and precedence over their enemies—the Jews. They have founded and ruled over vast and powerful empires while the Jews have been a dispersed people so much so that "The Wandering Jew" has become a byword.