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Al [Imran 3: 155–6

Indeed, they conceal in their hearts what they would not reveal to you, saying: “If we had any power of decision, we would not have been slain here.” Say: “Even if you had been in your houses, those for whom slaying had been appointed would have gone forth to the places where they were to be slain.” All this happened so that Allah might test the thoughts you enter- tained in your hearts and purge your hearts of all impurities. Allah knows well what is in the breasts of men.

(155) Surely those of them who turned their backs on the day when the two armies met did so because Satan made them slip because of some of their lapses. But Allah has pardoned them; He is All- Forgiving, All-Forbearing.

(156) Believers, do not be like those who disbelieved and said to their brethren (who met some suffering) in the course of journey or fighting: “Had they remained with us, they would not have died nor been slain.” Allah makes such thoughts the cause of deep regrets in their hearts. ▶

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