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Al-Baqarah 2:214

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أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِكُم ۖ مَّسَّتْهُمُ ٱلْبَأْسَآءُ وَٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ نَصْرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ

Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is the help of Allāh?" Unquestionably, the help of Allāh is near.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

بل أظننتم -أيها المؤمنون- أن تدخلوا الجنة، ولمَّا يصبكم من الابتلاء مثل ما أصاب المؤمنين الذين مضوا من قبلكم: من الفقر والأمراض والخوف والرعب، وزُلزلوا بأنواع المخاوف، حتى قال رسولهم والمؤمنون معه -على سبيل الاستعجال للنصر من الله تعالى-: متى نصر الله؟ ألا إن نصر الله قريب من المؤمنين.

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