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Subscribe to the channel. You are a servant, entrust your affair to Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise, the All-Knowing. He is most aware of the duration of the trial, its severity, its timing, and its type. He chooses what He wills, exalted is He, and He is Wise in His choice.
To understand this meaning, I would like to draw your attention to a verse in Surah Al-Ahzab. Let us look at it, verse number 22, His saying, may He be exalted: "{And when the believers saw the companies, they said, 'This is what Allah and His Messenger have promised us, and Allah and His Messenger have told the truth.' And it increased them only in faith and submission.}"
In this verse, you feel that the believers had patience and certainty when they saw the army of the Confederates. Go back a few verses, verse ten, He said, may He be exalted: "{Remember when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats and you assumed about Allah [false] assumptions.}"
There, the believers were tested and shaken severely. So here, the fear remains with the believers, the shaking, assuming false assumptions about the promise of Allah, may He be exalted. Does the reader not think that there is a contradiction between the two verses? One might think there is a contradiction, but there is no contradiction in the Book of Allah, may He be exalted.
So how do we reconcile the two verses and the group of believers themselves? We can combine, and Allah knows best, by saying that when the believers saw the Confederates, they stood firm and were patient. Allah, may He be exalted, saved them with their faith, so He made them speak words that preserved their religion for them. Indeed, patience is at the first shock, and this is what is required of them when they saw the army of the Confederates.
But it appears, and Allah knows best, that the believers thought that victory would descend quickly, faster than it was. A wind would come and split the earth and uproot the polytheists. Angels would come from Allah, may He be exalted, and quickly decide the battle. But the trial prolonged and intensified, a siege that lasted a month. In this month, there was hunger, cold, and fear.
The polytheists tried to attack the Muslims from weak points in the trench, and matters reached their peak when the Muslims learned that the Jews of Banu Qurayza had broken their covenant and allied with the polytheists. Now, at any moment, the Jews of Banu Qurayza could open their gates, and the polytheists would pour into the city, causing corruption, killing, torture, and violation of honor.
At this moment, the believers assumed false assumptions: Where is the promise of Allah? Did not Allah promise us victory? Did not Allah promise us empowerment? They feared, and their hearts reached their throats. At this moment, Allah saved the believers and sent the wind, which uprooted the tents of the polytheists, overturned their pots, scattered their ranks, and they withdrew defeated. Look, glory be to Allah, the Great, at this appropriate timing.
Now, let us imagine the hypocrites were saying that Muhammad promises us the treasures of Kisra and Qaysar, and one of us cannot even go to relieve himself due to the intensity of fear, seeking refuge with Allah. If the victory had been delayed, perhaps doubt would have brewed in the hearts of the believers, and they would have spoken words that would destroy their past, erase their good deeds, and threaten their faith.
But Allah, may He be exalted, in His wisdom and mercy, preserved their religion for them, so the victory was not delayed beyond that limit, because Allah tests the believer according to his faith.
The other question: Why did the victory not come earlier? Why was the battle not decided, and why did the wind not come the day after the siege? The first week of the siege, the second week of the siege, why did the siege last a full month? Allah has wisdom in that, and from that, and Allah, may He be exalted, knows best with His wisdom, from that, Allah, may He be exalted, wanted to prolong the duration of the trial to strengthen the resolve of the believers. The more severe the trial, the stronger their resolve and the more their faith increased.
There is also a very important point. Imagine what would have happened? If the victory came and the believers were at the peak of their certainty, steadfastness, and anticipation of the promise of Allah, He would have feared for them at that time that they would be pleased with themselves, that they would be arrogant towards themselves. If the victory had come before the stage of assumptions, fear, and doubt, perhaps the believers would have said to their children in the future: "O our children, the army of the polytheists came, but we were patient, we stood firm, we endured. Were it not for the victory of Allah and His empowerment of you, you would have been destroyed."
Allah, may He be exalted, wanted them to go through this stage, the stage of assuming false assumptions, so that their hearts would be humbled before Allah, may He be exalted, and they would be ashamed of their Lord. They would say to themselves: "O Lord, forgive us, pardon us, O Lord. One day we assumed false assumptions about You, but You, O Lord, are Merciful and Wise, You fulfilled the promise You promised, so forgive us, O Lord."
They come out of this experience and trial with their hearts humbled, subdued, and broken before Allah, may He be exalted, so they do not attribute the favor to themselves but attribute the favor completely to Allah, may He be exalted, who saved them at the critical moment.
Therefore, the victory was not delayed to the extent that words would come from the believers that would threaten their faith, nor did it come at an early stage before the trial intensified, strengthened their resolve, humbled their hearts to Allah, and made them know that they have no one but Allah, may He be exalted. So look at the wisdom of Allah, may He be exalted, in the timing of the trial and the duration of the trial.
I saw this in the experience of imprisonment, and people were tested with a long trial and were patient, steadfast, and firm. At one of the stages, when false promises of release came and they rejoiced in the release, but then it turned out that these were false promises, their hearts were broken, and doubts and assumptions mingled in their hearts. At this moment, Allah, may He be exalted, rescued them and relieved them so that their faith would not be lost.
So glory be to the Wise, the All-Aware, who does not waste the work of His believing servants, and at the same time, He raises them and disciplines them.
Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.