مَا كَانَ لِأَهْلِ
ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَمَنْ
حَوْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ
أَن يَتَخَلَّفُوا۟ عَن
رَّسُولِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا
يَرْغَبُوا۟ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ
عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ
بِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُصِيبُهُمْ
ظَمَأٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ
وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ فِى
سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا
يَطَـُٔونَ مَوْطِئًا
يَغِيظُ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَلَا
يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ
نَّيْلًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُم
بِهِۦ عَمَلٌ صَـٰلِحٌ ۚ إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ
أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
It was neither
befitting for the
people of Madinah
and the bedouins
of the neighborhood
to remain behind
Allah’s Messenger
nor to prefer their
own lives to his
life. That is
because they suffer
neither Zama’ nor
Nasab, nor Makhmasah
in the cause of Allah,
nor did they take
any step to raise the
anger of disbelievers
nor inflict any injury
upon an enemy, but
is written to their
credit as a deed
of righteousness.
Surely, Allah wastes
not the reward of
the doers of good.
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 . They sought to preserve themselves rather than comfort the Messenger during the hardship that he suffered in that battle. They incurred a loss in their share of the reward, since,
لاَ يُصِيبُهُمْ ظَمَأٌ
they suffer neither Zama’
thirst,
وَلاَ نَصَبٌ
nor Nasab
fatigue,
وَلاَ مَخْمَصَةٌ
nor Makhmasah
hunger,
وَلاَ يَطَأُونَ مَوْطِئًا
يَغِيظُ الْكُفَّارَ
nor they take any step to raise the anger of disbelievers
by strategies of war that would terrify their enemy,
وَلاَ يَنَالُونَ
(nor inflict), a defeat on the enemy,
إِلاَّ كُتِبَ لَهُمْ
but is written to their credit
as compensation for these steps that are not under their control, but a consequence of performing good deeds that earn them tremendous rewards,
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُضِيعُ
أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Surely, Allah wastes not the reward of the doers of good.
Allah said in a similar Ayat
إِنَّا لاَ نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ
مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلاً
Certainly We shall not make the reward of anyone who does his (righteous) deeds in the most perfect manner to be lost