[3]Rewarded Through Responsibility, Not Reputation, Shrewdness or Cleverness

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Allah, The Most High, said:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن تَنصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ

O you who believe, if you aid (the cause of) Allāh, He will aid you (against your enemy) and make your foothold firm (upon faith and upon the straight path and against your enemy). (1)

Imam As-Sadi, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

 هذا أمر منه تعالى للمؤمنين، أن ينصروا الله بالقيام بدينه، والدعوة إليه، وجهاد أعدائه، والقصد بذلك وجه الله، فإنهم إذا فعلوا ذلك، نصرهم الله وثبت أقدامهم، أي: يربط على قلوبهم بالصبر والطمأنينة والثبات، ويصبر أجسامهم على ذلك، ويعينهم على أعدائهم، فهذا وعد من كريم صادق الوعد، أن الذي ينصره بالأقوال والأفعال سينصره مولاه، وييسر له أسباب النصر، من الثبات وغيره.

This is a command from Him (Allah), the Most High, to the believers: that they aid Allāh’s (cause) by establishing (or upholding) the religion He has ordained, convey it, strive against His enemies, and seeking thereby Allāh’s countenance, for if they do that, Allah will aid them and make their feet firm — meaning He will strengthen their hearts with patience, tranquility, steadfastness, make their bodies persevere, and aid them against their enemies. This is a promise from the Most Generous, whose promises are (always) true, that whoever aids His (cause) through statements and deeds, his protector (Allah) will aid and facilitate him with (or make easy for him) the means of victory, such as steadfastness and other than it. (2)

(1)https://www.thenoblequran.com/q/#/search/47_7

(2) An Excerpt from Tafsir As-Sadi. Paraphrased