His saying, the Almighty: "And do not dispute and [thus] you will lose heart"
9870 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-Abbas ibn al-Walid informed us, Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah [regarding] "And do not dispute..." the verse. He says: Do not differ, lest you become weak and your victory depart.
9137 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us - in what he wrote to me - Asbagh ibn al-Faraj narrated to us, Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam informed us regarding the saying of Allah: "And do not dispute and [thus] you will lose heart and your strength would depart." He said: "Al-fashal" (losing heart) is weakness in jihad against one's enemy and being broken before them; that is "al-fashal".
His saying, the Almighty: "And your strength would depart"
9138 - My father narrated to us, Abu Hudhayfah narrated to us, Shibl narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid: "And your strength would depart," [it refers to] the strength of the companions of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, when they disputed with him on the day of Badr.
9139 - Amr ibn Thawr al-Qaysari informed us - in what he wrote to me - al-Firyabi narrated to us, Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, regarding His saying: "And your strength would depart," [meaning] your victory. The strength of the companions of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, departed when they disputed with him on the day of Uhud.
9140 - My father narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Abd al-A'la narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Thawr narrated to us, from Ma'mar, from Qatadah: "And your strength would depart," he said: The strength of war.
9141 - Muhammad ibn al-Abbas narrated to us, Muhammad ibn 'Amr narrated to us, Salamah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, Yahya ibn 'Abbad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr narrated to me, from his father: "And your strength would depart," meaning: your fortune would depart.
9142 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us - in what he wrote to me - Asbagh narrated to us, Ibn Zayd narrated to us regarding the saying of Allah: "And your strength would depart." He said: The "strength" is victory. There was never a victory except with strength—a strength that Allah sends, striking the faces of the enemy, and when that happens, they have no standing.
His saying, the Almighty: "And be patient"
9143 - Yunus ibn Abd al-A'la narrated to us, Ibn Wahb informed us, Abu Sakhr al-Madini informed us, from Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi, that he used to say: "And be patient," he says: Be patient in your religion.
