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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nisa 4:95

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لَّا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْقَـٰعِدُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَيْرُ أُو۟لِى ٱلضَّرَرِ وَٱلْمُجَـٰهِدُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُجَـٰهِدِينَ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ عَلَى ٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَ دَرَجَةً ۚ وَكُلًّا وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَفَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُجَـٰهِدِينَ عَلَى ٱلْقَـٰعِدِينَ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا

Not equal are those believers remaining [at home] - other than the disabled - and the mujāhideen, [who strive and fight] in the cause of Allāh with their wealth and their lives. Allāh has preferred the mujāhideen through their wealth and their lives over those who remain [behind], by degrees. And to all [i.e., both] Allāh has promised the best [reward]. But Allāh has preferred the mujāhideen over those who remain [behind] with a great reward -

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

لا يتساوى المتخلفون عن الجهاد في سبيل الله -غير أصحاب الأعذار منهم- والمجاهدون في سبيل الله، بأموالهم وأنفسهم، فضَّل الله تعالى المجاهدين على القاعدين، ورفع منزلتهم درجة عالية في الجنة، وقد وعد الله كلا من المجاهدين بأموالهم وأنفسهم والقاعدين من أهل الأعذار الجنة لِما بذلوا وضحَّوا في سبيل الحق، وفضَّل الله تعالى المجاهدين على القاعدين ثوابًا جزيلا.

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