12. " say to those who disbelieve: ` you shall be vanquished, and gathered unto hell', and it is a terrible abode! " commentary: it is cited in some commentary books, like: majma`-ul-bayan, fakhr razi, maraq­i, and some other ones, that when the muslims gained a considerable victory in the battle of badr in the second year after emigration, a group of the jews said that the victory was counted as a sign to the truthfulness of the prophet (p.b.u.h.). they reasoned that they had studied in the torah that he (p.b.u.h.) could win. another group of the jews said that they would not haste, since haply the prophet (p.b.u.h.) would fail in the battles thereafter. in the third year, when the uhud battle came forth, and muslims were defeated, this group of the jews became happy. then, the verse was sent down, telling them not to hurry in judgement so soon and they (the jews) would be defeated in near future. " say to those who disbelieve: ` you shall be vanquished, and gathered unto hell', and it is a terrible abode! " explanations: 1. one of the miracles of the qur'an is its true prophecies. in this prediction, it happened that, after a short time, muslims succeeded to defeat two jewish tribes: bani quraydah and bani an-nadir in medina. also, in the conquest of mecca, they vanished the pagans successfully. 2. soothing the believers and threatening the disbelievers is a sign of proper leadership and belief in the goal. 3. prophets have taken care of both the worldly defeats and the damages that may come forth in the next world together.