The Benefits of the Verse: ((There has certainly been for you a sign in the two armies that met: one army fighting in the cause of Allah and the other being disbelievers...)).

As for His saying: , among its benefits is: giving examples through actual events, because that is more effective in convincing and reassuring. This implies that the preacher and the caller to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) should give examples to those he calls using actual events, because that is more effective. For example, if he wants to call people to abandon wrongdoings and fulfill obligations, he says: Look at such-and-such a country, which was formerly called, or was called until not long ago, the Pearl of the Middle East, and everyone who wanted enjoyment from the Middle East, from Europe, or elsewhere would go to this country because they would find the utmost in enjoyment. Now it has become rivers flowing with blood. May Allah (the Exalted) make their anger between them, so that they fled from their homes. Instead of their city having a population of over a million, now there are only two hundred thousand in it, meaning more than three-quarters of the people in the country have left due to trials and tribulations. So if you give this actual example to those you warn against falling into extravagance and perishing, there is a lesson in it. For this reason, Allah gave this example in His saying: . Among the benefits of the noble verse is that no matter how truthful a person is, his presentation of actual events makes his speech the truth of certainty. The ranks have been previously mentioned as being three: knowledge of certainty, the eye of certainty, and the truth of certainty. Knowledge of certainty is the report of the truthful one; the eye of certainty is what you see with your own eyes as a witness; and the truth of certainty is what you perceive with your senses. So if someone says to you: "This is an apple," or "I have an apple in my pocket," and he is a truthful man, then what you perceive—that there is an apple—you perceive through knowledge of certainty. If he takes it out and you look at it, that is the eye of certainty. If you eat it, that is the truth of certainty, because that is the reality. So we say that a person, no matter how much people trust him, should give examples to people so that they are convinced by his words, because we do not doubt that the truest speech is the speech of Allah. And Allah the Exalted said: Then He gave a practical example that the disbelievers prevailed even though they were more numerous than the believers. Among the benefits of the noble verse is that victory is not by the multitude of numbers, nor by the strength of numbers, but it is from Allah. Because when Allah gave this example, He said: . But if it is asked: What is the true means of Allah's victory by which He supports? The answer is what Allah the Exalted mentioned in His saying: . Up to now, the cause of victory has not been mentioned. He said: . This is one: the sincerity of worship to Allah the Exalted. This is one of the causes of victory. There are also other causes that Allah mentioned in His saying: . Among the benefits of the noble verse is that fighting does not become a cause of victory unless it is in the cause of Allah. In the cause of Allah means sincerity, and what else? And following the Shari'ah, conforming to the Shari'ah, and avoiding the forbidden. So if these three things are completed: sincerity, that it conforms to the Shari'ah, and that one avoids the forbidden sins, then that is what is in the cause of Allah. Among the benefits of the noble verse is that there is no affinity between the believers and the disbelievers, due to His saying: . So whoever tries to combine the believers and the disbelievers has tried to combine fire and water, and this is impossible. It is not possible for the awliya (close friends of Allah) to be friendly with the enemies of Allah. And whoever tries to reconcile the awliya of Allah with the enemies of Allah means that he will destroy the wilayah (friendship) of Allah, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted: . How can a person who claims to be among the awliya of Allah and that he believes in Allah be loyal to the enemies of Allah who disbelieve in Allah? This is impossible. For this reason, we find that the conflict between the followers of the messengers and the enemies of the messengers is a permanent conflict, either by word or by deed. Either by word: , or by armed conflict, as is well known. Among the benefits of the noble verse is that Allah the Exalted may show the mujahideen the matter as it is in reality, or contrary to reality, for a wisdom, as witnessed by the verse of al-Anfal: . Because when a person sees his enemy as few, he becomes active, active in fighting. And when he sees him as many, he becomes discouraged. So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, showed the believers that the disbelievers were few, and showed the disbelievers that the believers were few, so that each would be active in fighting. Among the benefits of the noble verse is affirming the action or affirming the actions of Allah, due to His saying: . Among its benefits is also: refuting the Jabriyyah in their saying: . So He attributed the action to them. The Jabriyyah say that the action is not attributed to the doer except by way of metaphor, as you say: "The fire ate the wood." Otherwise, the human does not act by choice but is compelled to act. Among its benefits is: affirming the will of Allah, due to His saying: . Among the benefits of the noble verse is that only those with insight are considered in matters, due to His saying: . Among its benefits is: if you find in yourself a lack of consideration and arrogance regarding what happens, know that you are weak in insight. Because if Allah affirms the lesson for those with eyes, then the absence of the lesson indicates weakness of insight or its complete absence. Among the benefits of the verse is: praising the people of insight, because the context is one of praise, so it contains praise for the people of insight and criticism for the blindness of the heart.