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Al [Imran 3: 141–4

and select from among you those who really bear witness (to the Truth):30 for Allah does not love the wrong-doers, (141) and He makes men go through trials in order that He might purge the believers and blot out those who deny the Truth. (142) Did you think that you would enter Paradise even though Allah has not yet seen who among you strove hard in His Way and remained stead- fast? (143) You previously longed for death (in the way of Allah): now you have faced it, observing it with your own eyes.

(144) Muhammad is no more than a Messenger, and Messengers have passed away before him. Then, if he were to die or be slain, will you turn about on your heels? Whoever turns about on his heels can in no way harm Allah. ▶

30 The actual words of this verse, wa yattakhidha minkum shuhada’ can be interpreted in two ways. One meaning could be that God wanted to select some of them so that He could bestow upon them the honour of martyrdom. The second meaning could be that out of the hotchpotch of true believers and hypocrites of which their community was comprised at that moment, God wanted to sift those who were truly His witnesses over all mankind, i.e. those who were capable of fulfilling the responsibility of carrying out the mission assigned to them.

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