122. " when two parties of you had decided to flinch but allah was the protector
of them both (and helped them to change their thought); so, in allah (alone)
should the believers trust."

commentary:
two groups of muslims by the names of ` banu salmah ' from 'uss
tribe and ` banu h¤arithah ' from khazraj tribe decided to shirk to
participate in fight. there are different reasons mentioned for the
inactivity of these two groups. some of them are as follows.

1. their own fear, when they saw that the number of enemy was
large.

2. they were inconvinient for that their attitude was not attended to
and the troops did not shelter in the city in spite of the side of 'uh¤ud
mount.

3. why did the prophet (p.b.u.h.) not let the confederate jews help
them? and so on.

but, by his mercy, the lord protected those two groups from falling
in the trap of the sin of return and escape from the battlefield and he kept
them safe in his mastership.

explanations:
1. those who are not under the mastership of allah are inactive.

2. allah does not leave the believers to themselves. he assists them
in sensitive moments.

3. allah is aware of our intentions and he informs his prophet of
the thoughts of people.

4. all those who go to fight, are not the same.

5. the only remedy of weakness is trust in allah. this effective
remedy is in the hands of the believers.