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165. Awa lamma asabatkum museebatun qad asabtum mithlayha qultum anna hatha qul
huwa min AAindi anfusikum inna Allaha AAala kulli shay-in qadeer
un
165. What! When a single disaster smites you, although ye smote (your enemies) with
one twice as great, do ye say?- "Whence is this?" Say (to them): "It is from yourselves:
For Allah hath power over all things."
166. Wama asabakum yawma iltaqa aljamAAani fabi-ithni Allahi waliyaAAlama
almu/mineen
a
166. What ye suffered on the day the two armies Met, was with the leave of Allah, in
order that He might test the believers,-
167. WaliyaAAlama allatheena nafaqoo waqeela lahum taAAalaw qatiloo fee sabeeli
Allahi awi idfaAAoo qaloo law naAAlamu qitalan la
i
ttabaAAnakum hum lilkufri
yawma-ithin aqrabu minhum lil-eemani yaqooloona bi-afwahihim ma laysa fee
quloobihim wa
A
llahu aAAlamu bima yaktumoon
a
167. And the Hypocrites also. These were told: "Come, fight in the way of Allah, or (at
least) drive (The foe from your city)." They said: "Had we known how to fight, we
should certainly have followed you." They were that day nearer to Unbelief than to Faith,
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