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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

9:120
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 fitting for the people of Medina and the Bedouin Arabs of the neighbourhood, to refuse to follow Allah's Messenger, nor to prefer their own lives to his: because nothing could they suffer or do, but was reckoned to their credit as a deed of righteousness,- whether they suffered thirst, or fatigue, or hunger, in the cause of Allah, or trod paths to raise the ire of the Unbelievers, or received any injury whatever from an enemy: for Allah suffereth not the reward to be lost of those who do good;-
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Rewards of Jihad

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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Rewards of Jihad

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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Chapter 9, Page 206, Juz 11

119. O ye who believe! Fear Allah and be with those who are true (in word and deed). 120. It was not fitting for the people of Medina and the Bedouin Arabs of the neighbourhood, to refuse to follow Allah's Messenger, nor to prefer their own lives to his: because nothing could they suffer or do, but was reckoned to their credit as a deed of righteousness,- whether they suffered thirst, or fatigue, or hunger, in the cause of Allah, or trod paths to raise the ire of the Unbelievers, or received any injury whatever from an enemy: for Allah suffereth not the reward to be lost of those who do good;- 121. Nor could they spend anything (for the cause) - small or great- nor cut across a valley, but the deed is inscribed to their credit: that Allah may requite their deed with the best (possible reward). 122. Nor should the Believers all go forth together: if a contingent from every expedition remained behind, they could devote themselves to studies in religion, and admonish the people when they return to them,- that thus they (may learn) to guard themselves (against evil).

- A. Yusuf Ali

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