Ali 'Imran 153: Then, when the Prophet was calling you from behind, you were moving away (from the battlefield) and you did not turn around to look at anyone. (Allah) gave to you sorrow after sorrow so that you would not be saddened by what you had lost and what came upon you. Allah is aware of what you are doing.
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Then, when the Prophet was calling you from behind, you were moving away (from the battlefield) and you did not turn around to look at anyone. (Allah) gave to you sorrow after sorrow so that you would not be saddened by what you had lost and what came upon you. Allah is aware of what you are doing.
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This verse is both a sorrow and a good news of forgiveness for Muslims. When you believed the false report of Uhud and dispersed, you were walking away without looking back. The griefs that you suffered were the griefs of those close to you whom you had lost, the grief of your defeat after a victory, and the grief of the Prophet's death by false pretenses, which was more painful than that.
(Allah) has given you sorrow upon sorrow; you have been given glad tidings of these sorrows so that you may not grieve over what has befallen you with your worldly possessions that have gone from you. The call of the Prophet (s.a.w.) to you from behind you, O servants of Allah! I am here, return to me, whoever comes to me, Allah will surely forgive him, and the Companions regrouped and joined together as a mass, striking fear into the hearts of the enemy. When the Companions returned and saw the Prophet alive, their hearts were at peace and they were relieved. Allah forgave them because He knew what was in their hearts. Although these events were the events of that time, Allah (swt), who has kept them alive with His verses, shows these events as an example both to our time and to the people who will come after us until the Day of Judgment. It teaches people a good lesson. The lesson here is to obey orders, not to believe rumors in times of war, not to disperse in times of difficulty, and to rely on Allah.
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In verse 153: Then, while the Prophet was calling you from behind, you kept moving away from the battle field without looking back at anyone, it says. Allah gave you sorrow upon sorrow, so that you would not grieve either for what slipped from your hands or for what befell you. Allah is aware of what you do, it says. In that defeat He gives sorrow upon sorrow.
When a sorrow touches a person, let's say his property is gone, he is (?) by it. When something happens to his life, he is (?) by it. But if worse than the worst comes, he does not look at what is gone. He falls into his own state. That is how compassionate my Lord is to the believers. Sorrow upon sorrow to them, it says, so that they do not look at what went from (?) in their hands and, turning again to Allah as one body, find peace. Yes. This verse is for the Muslims both a sorrow and the good news of pardon, it says. Of pardon. When at Uhud you believed the false rumour spread and scattered, without looking back you were moving away.
The greatest sorrow in what He calls sorrow upon sorrow is the sorrow when they heard the Prophet had died. Sorrow. This sorrow made people lose themselves. But when they heard that he was alive, they gave up everything and closed ranks around the Prophet.
As for the sorrows that struck you: the pain of the relatives you lost; after the victory won, (?). Even more painful than these, the Prophet's having been killed, by a false rumour, gave you blood upon blood.
Now, telling it is a fine thing, but living it while telling it is a far finer thing. If a believer's state cannot share the state of another believer, that believer's faith has not been perfected. That is, my eyes are tearing up, I am living that world too.
Their states affect a person like this.
Especially when the Prophet's (peace be upon him) distinguished (?), hearing his name as having died, hearing he died, their state of losing themselves, not knowing what to do in their bewilderment, their scattered state in those conditions, (?) hearing the Prophet's voice and gathering around him. Yes.
(?) So that you would not grieve over your worldly goods lost from your hands and what befell you, it was given to you with good news. Behind you, the Prophet (peace be upon him) calling out to you: O servants of Allah, I am here. Come back to me; whoever comes to me, Allah will surely, Allah will surely forgive him; when he said this, the noble Companions gathering again and, as one body, closing ranks, cast fear into the enemy's heart. In this situation the enemy too scattered and left. Yes, the return of the noble Companions led to their relief. Since Allah knew what passed through their hearts, He forgave them.
Although these events are incidents that took place at that time, with His verses Allah Almighty, who keeps them as alive as today, these events, both in our time and to the people who will come after us until the Last Day, shows as an example. It must give people a fine lesson. The lesson here is: obeying the command, not believing rumours that arise during battle, not scattering when things look hard, and trusting in Allah. That is the faith of the Muslim.