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Ayah 42

Surah Al-Anfaal

[Remember] when you were on the near side of the valley, and they were on the farther side, and the caravan was lower [in position] than you. If you had made an appointment [to meet], you would have missed the appointment. But [it was] so that Allah might accomplish a matter already destined - that those who perished [through disbelief] would perish upon evidence and those who lived [in faith] would live upon evidence; and indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.﴿42

Translation

[Remember] when you were on the near side of the valley, and they were on the farther side, and the caravan was lower [in position] than you. If you had made an appointment [to meet], you would have missed the appointment. But [it was] so that Allah might accomplish a matter already destined - that those who perished [through disbelief] would perish upon evidence and those who lived [in faith] would live upon evidence; and indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

Simplified Tafsir

واذكروا حينما كنتم على جانب الوادي الأقرب إلى "المدينة"، وعدوكم نازل بجانب الوادي الأقصى، وعِير التجارة في مكان أسفل منكم إلى ساحل "البحر الأحمر"، ولو حاولتم أن تضعوا موعدًا لهذا اللقاء لاختلفتم، ولكنَّ الله جمعكم على غير ميعاد؛ ليقضي أمرًا كان مفعولا بنصر أوليائه، وخِذْلان أعدائه بالقتل والأسر؛ وذلك ليهلك من هلك منهم عن حجة لله ثبتت له فعاينها وقطعت عذره، وليحيا مَن حيَّ عن حجة لله قد ثبتت وظهرت له. وإن الله لسميع لأقوال الفريقين، لا يخفى عليه شيء، عليم بنيَّاتهم.

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