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

At-Tawbah 9:16

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أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تُتْرَكُوا۟ وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ جَـٰهَدُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا رَسُولِهِۦ وَلَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلِيجَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Do you think that you will be left [as you are] while Allāh has not yet made evident those among you who strive [for His cause] and do not take other than Allāh, His Messenger and the believers as intimates? And Allāh is [fully] Aware of what you do.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

مِن سنة الله الابتلاء، فلا تظنوا يا معشر المؤمنين أن يترككم الله دون اختبار; ليعلم الله علمًا ظاهرًا للخلق الذين أخلصوا في جهادهم، ولم يتخذوا غير الله ورسوله والمؤمنين بطانة وأولياء. والله خبير بجميع أعمالكم ومجازيكم بها.

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