when you were on the near bank and the disbelievers on the far bank and the caravan below you and had you made an agreement between one another you would have failed to reach on the appointed time – but this is in order that allah may complete a thing that must be done – that he who dies may die by a clear proof and he who lives may live by a clear proof and indeed allah is surely all hearing all knowing.
إذ أنتم بالعدوة الدنيا وهم بالعدوة القصوى والركب أسفل منكم ولو تواعدتم لاختلفتم في الميعاد ولكن ليقضي الله أمرا كان مفعولا ليهلك من هلك عن بينة ويحيى من حي عن بينة وإن الله لسميع عليم