Al-Anfal 9: Remember that you were asking for help from your Lord. And Allah accepted your prayers and said; “I will help you with a thousand angels that will come in succession.“

Surah Al-Anfal, verse nine. Remember when you were asking your Lord for help. And He accepted your prayer, saying, I will help you with a thousand angels coming one after another, it says. So those groups, this time, when it was their Lord's command, when the truth came to light, it says that anyway, when the truth came to light, then: O our Lord, our feet, make our feet stand firm on the ground, give us strength, help us, O Allah, they pray. Yes. In this case Allah Almighty here, even though He does not say it like this, He says it this way. Do I not know that you are weak? Do I not know that against those armies, against this larger army you cannot stand? I know.

Our Lord says so. It is not written here, but He says so. I know. You are sacrificing your lives for Me. As a small army against a big army, for Me, He says, you are sacrificing your lives. Would I not help the one who sacrifices his life for Me, He says. I am with you too, says Allah Almighty. What does it say? Remember when you were asking your Lord for help. And He: I will help you with a thousand angels coming one after another. A thousand angels coming one after another; here it is a thousand angels at a time. Not a thousand angels, but a thousand at a time. That is, three thousand angels. If needed, five thousand angels, it says.

If needed. You give your life for Me, and would I leave you alone? says Allah Almighty. Yes. Saying this, He accepted your prayer, it says. At Badr, so that the believers, a small force against the great number of the enemy army, could find peace in their hearts, the Prophet (peace be upon him) prays to Allah Almighty. O Allah, You will surely complete (?) of these worlds and spread the true religion of Islam. Strengthen the hearts of these few believers against the enemy. Help them and give them strength. Grant us victory so that we may spread the religion of Islam on earth, he prays.

And Allah Almighty accepts their prayers and, with a thousand angels one after another, helps them.

So why does Allah Almighty tell this? Why does He tell these things?

He is proving His existence. Why had He created us? So that we would know Him. So what does He say? Look, even though it was like this in history, they asked Me. And We, to make Our Being known until the Day of Judgment, that religion of Islam strengthened. That is, We granted victory to the armies of Islam. We strengthened Our religion on earth, made it firm, He says. And never compromise on Allah. Do not see Allah as far from you. And do not see human life as long, and then forget the Hereafter and turn your backs on that Day of Reckoning, it says. Yes. Whenever I am going to do something, I always think this: While doing this, I am before the judge.

Before the judge: will the judge, according to the word I give, punish me or reward me? That is how I make my decision. How do I make my decision then? Depending on what people ask, the verses come before my eyes. Just as a state has laws. That state has established its laws. When you do something outside that state's law, you are punished. So I too, when I do something, act according to Allah's laws. I also give my fatwa according to Allah's laws. And since the fatwa I give corresponds to those verses, face to face with my Lord, feeling my responsibility in it, under that weight, in the best way, under the, er, verses, I try to do my work.

Why? Because I am before that judge.

If we do this, if we act like this, then into our Lord's presence, with our foreheads (?) even if we go, from sin of course, we cannot get free of the burden of sin. And Allah Almighty forgives us our sins and receives us with a smiling face. Just as we said, Allah helps those who give their lives for Allah; so if you do every deed of yours for Allah, surely Allah too is behind you and with you. Yes.