The precedent verse argued about charity through property, and here again charity is wanted; but through life. This is because fighting for the cause of truth, and for the sake of God, is one of the highest kind of charity, as no one has anything more precious to offer, other than his life. The Arabic `KOTEBA' which means written or prescribed implies that the commandment of sacred war (JAHAD) is strictly definite and final.

      It is natural for man to dislike warfare, because it serves to destroy life and property, and brings forth injury and hardship. But for those who love martyrdom for the cause of truth and in the way of God, which occurs usually against selfish and aggressive persons, or a vain glorious bully; it might taste as a sweet and delicious soft drink to a thirsty man. The account of such a loving martyr is of surety different from the account of a stubborn quarrelsome bull-dog, who merely fights to conquer, and to rule the other, to satisfy his self-delusion and selfishness.

      The verse then points at a general and natural rule: ``That it is possible that a man may dislike a thing which is good for him, or, on the contrary, one may love a thing which is bad for him. God knows the value of the things better than we do.'' Therfore our Creator definitely wants us not to govern our fate with our fancies and conjectures; because our knowledge is very little and limited. What we know comparing it to what we know not, is only a droplet compared with an ocean.

      So if God has prescribed to us the pilgrimage, the fasting or the fighting, it is definitely for our own good and benefit, and they serve to increase our insight and to extend the field of our vision.