At-Tawbah 9:120 ما كان لاهل المدينة ومن حولهم من الاعراب ان يتخلفوا عن رسول الله ولا يرغبوا بانفسهم عن نفسه ذالك بانهم لا يصيبهم ظما ولا نصب ولا مخمصة في سبيل الله ولا يطيون موطيا يغيظ الكفار ولا ينالون من عدو نيلا الا كتب لهم به عمل صالح ان الله لا يضيع اجر المحسنين ١٢٠
مَا
كَانَ
لِأَهۡلِ
ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ
وَمَنۡ
حَوۡلَهُم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ
أَن
يَتَخَلَّفُواْ
عَن
رَّسُولِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَلَا
يَرۡغَبُواْ
بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ
عَن
نَّفۡسِهِۦۚ
ذَٰلِكَ
بِأَنَّهُمۡ
لَا
يُصِيبُهُمۡ
ظَمَأٞ
وَلَا
نَصَبٞ
وَلَا
مَخۡمَصَةٞ
فِي
سَبِيلِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَلَا
يَطَـُٔونَ
مَوۡطِئٗا
يَغِيظُ
ٱلۡكُفَّارَ
وَلَا
يَنَالُونَ
مِنۡ
عَدُوّٖ
نَّيۡلًا
إِلَّا
كُتِبَ
لَهُم
بِهِۦ
عَمَلٞ
صَٰلِحٌۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
لَا
يُضِيعُ
أَجۡرَ
ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
١٢٠
It was not [proper] for the people of Madīnah and those surrounding them of the bedouins that they remain behind after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allāh or that they prefer themselves over his self.1 That is because they are not afflicted by thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of Allāh, nor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that it is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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Allah, the Exalted and Most Honored, criticizes the people of Al-Madinah and the bedouins around it, who did not participate in the battle of Tabuk with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They sought to preserve themselves rather than comfort the Messenger ﷺ during the hardship that he suffer
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Allah, the Exalted and Most Honored, criticizes the people of Al-Madinah and the bedouins around it, who did not participate in the ba
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