Islam Guidance

Verse142

(142) أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُواْ الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ اللّهُ الَّذِينَ جَاهَدُواْ مِنكُمْ وَيَعْلَمَ الصَّابِرِينَ

142. "Or have you imagined that you will enter Paradise and that Allah does not yet know those among you who strived nor He knows the patient ones ? "
Commentary:
In this verse it refers to the holy struggle, patience and perseverance of the believers, because the way to Heaven is through patience and Holy war. The Qur'an, addressing those who enter the Heaven, says: " Peace be on you for that you persevered in patience! ... " (1) In this statement there is a narrow sense. It does not say: Peace be on you for the performance of Hajj or fasting or paying alms, because accomplishment of any duty needs patience and perseverance.

" Or have you imagined that you will enter Paradise and that Allah does not yet know those among you who strived nor He knows the patient ones ? "
Explanation:
1. Bare Faith is not enough, effort and action is also necessary. Yes, Heaven is in the pledge of good deeds.
2. The key to Heaven is patience and Holy war. (Patience in sorrows and happinesses, in sins, in obedience, and, finally, in the greater warfare and the lesser warfare).
3. Patience and perseverance in the Holy war is necessary, because the first onset of war, its continuation, and the sad effects that come forth after war, all in all, need patience and constancy.
4. Leave your vain imaginations and false expectations.
" Or have you imagined ..."

(1) Sura Ar-Ra'd, No 13, verse 24

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