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Al-Kahf (The Cave)
Verse 20
Translation:
20. "For if thy should come upon you they would stone you or force you to return to their cult and in that case ye would never attain prosperity."
Notes (Tafseer):
2355. They think that the world had not changed, and that the fierce persecution they knew. was still raging, under which a man had to pay by his life for his religious faith, if he could not conform to Pagan worship.
2356. That is, never succeed in keeping your religion. To become a renegade, to give up the Truth which you have won, simply on account of the fear of men, is the most despicable form of cowardice, and would rightly close the door of salvation if strict justice were to be done. But even then Allah's Mercy comes to the coward's aid so long as the door of repentance is open.
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