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wa-yā-qawmi man yanṣurunī mina llāhi ʾin ṭaradtuhum ʾa-fa-lā tadhakkarūna
O my people! Who would come to my help against Allah were I to drive them away? Will you not then take admonition?
— Ali Quli Qarai
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Surah Hud – Verse 30
30. “And O my people! Who will help me against Allah if I drove them away? Will you not then reflect?”
The Qur’an further explains the situation in this verse, and from the tongue of the prophet to his people, it implies that if he cast out this group, who in this world can come to his assistance in that great Court of Justice? The verse says:
“And O my people! Who will help me against Allah if I drove them away?...”
Driving out the righteous and faithful believers is no easy matter. They can bear witness against the prophet on the Day of Resurrection and no one will be able to defend him then, while, at the same time, the Divine punishment might also face him in this world. And contemplating this would lead to knowledge that whatever the prophet said was identical with the truth. The verse says:
“…Will you not then reflect?”