when you were on the nearer side and they on the farther side while the caravan was below you and had you agreed together on an encounter you would have certainly failed to keep the tryst but in order that allah may carry through a matter that was bound to be fulfilled so that he who perishes might perish by a manifest proof and he who lives may live on by a manifest proof and allah is indeed allhearing allknowing.
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