His saying, the Exalted: "They said: No power have we today against Jalut and his soldiers."
2516 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr b. Hammad reported to us, Asbat b. Nasr reported to us, from al-Suddi, who said: They looked at Jalut, turned back, and said: "No power have we today against Jalut and his soldiers." Jalut was among the greatest of people and the most severe in might. He would go out and march in front of the army, and his companions would not assemble with him until he had already defeated whoever he encountered.
His saying: "And his soldiers."
2517 - My father narrated to us, Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Rahman reported to us, 'Abd Allah b. Abi Ja'far reported to us, from his father, from al-Rabi', who said: Jalut came with a large number and equipment.
His saying, the Exalted: "Those who believe"
2518 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr b. Hammad reported to us, Asbat reported to us, from al-Suddi: "Those who believe that they will meet Allah": Those who are certain.
His saying: "That they will meet Allah"
2519 - My father narrated to us, Yahya b. al-Mughirah reported to us, Jarir reported to us, from Ya'qub, from Ja'far, from Sa'id, regarding His saying: "Those who believe that they will meet Allah," he said: Those who sold their souls to Allah, and prepared them for death.
2520 - Musa b. Harun al-Tusi informed us in what he wrote to me, al-Husayn b. Muhammad al-Marrudhi reported to us, Shayban reported to us, from Qatadah: He said, "Those who believe that they will meet Allah" - "How many a small group has overcome a large group by the permission of Allah. And Allah is with the patient." He said: You find the believers, some of them are far superior to others in determination, and they are all believers.
His saying, the Exalted: "How many a small group has overcome a large group"
2521 - 'Ali b. al-Husayn narrated to us, al-Haytham b. Yaman reported to us, a man whose name he mentioned reported to us, from al-Suddi, from Abu Malik, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding "How many a small group has overcome a large group by the permission of Allah. And Allah is with the patient": So Allah affirmed faith for these people who said: "How many a small group has overcome a large group by the permission of Allah."
