NO FLIGHT IN JIHAD (VERSE NO. 15 -18)

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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 02)
Verses 15-18YOU DID NOT THROW WHEN YOU THREW! (VERSE NO. 17)

NO FLIGHT IN JIHAD (VERSE NO. 15 -18)

      These verses imply that in JIHطD (THE SACRED RELIGIOUS WAR) a Muslim should have only one motto, and that one is, ``either death or victory.'' When he encounters the enemy in hostile array, there is no room for fear, frailty, or triumph. In either cases there exists truimph and victory for him - alive, he wins the battle and the world, and dead, he wins the Promised Paradise:

      ``O, you who believe! When encounter those who are infidels marching for war, even if they be crowded, do not turn your backs to them in fright.''

      In the next verse two exceptions are mentioned:

      1- To go back for tactical reasons with the intention of jumping forward, or making a feint to distract the enemy's attention from the main attack.

      2- Or if the individual has been isolated from his own forces, he may withdraw, in order to fight in another point of the field.

      The soldier who fights, plays with his own blood; but the soldier who escapes the fight, plays with the blood of all his fellow soldiers.

      He who turns his back to the battle field in order to seek a safe and secure refuge, will find no asylum except Allah's wrath, which may lead him to Hell, which is the worst of destinations!

      Hazrat Imam Ali (AS), who took part almost in all the warfares of Islam in the lifetime of our prophet, and in many others when he was the Khalif himself; he never turned his back to enemy. He always wore a one sided chain mail, that was void of the back side, and could only cover his chest! When he was asked why did he always wear that sort of chain mail which was imperfect, he anwered:

      ``Upon the Lord God in whose hands lay my life; if I encounter the whole Arab population in a fight, I will not turn my back to them''; and he always actually proved to be so!

 

 

Verses 15-18YOU DID NOT THROW WHEN YOU THREW! (VERSE NO. 17)
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