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lā yastawī l-qāʿidūna mina l-muʾminīna ghayru ʾulī ḍ-ḍarari wa-l-mujāhidūna fī sabīli llāhi bi-ʾamwālihim wa-ʾanfusihim faḍḍala llāhu l-mujāhidīna bi-ʾamwālihim wa-ʾanfusihim ʿalā l-qāʿidīna darajatan wa-kullan waʿada llāhu l-ḥusnā wa-faḍḍala llāhu l-mujāhidīna ʿalā l-qāʿidīna ʾajran ʿaẓīman
Not equal are those of the faithful who sit back—excepting those who suffer from some disability—and those who wage jihad in the way of Allah with their possession and their persons. Allah has graced those who wage jihad with their possessions and their persons by a degree over those who sit back; yet to each Allah has promised the best reward, and Allah has graced those who wage jihad over those who sit back with a great reward:
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah An-Nisa', Verse 95
95. "Such believers, who sit still, not having any injury, are not equal with those who strive in the way of Allah with their wealth and their lives. Allah has raised the strivers with their wealth and lives in rank above those sitting back; and to each (class) Allah has promised good, but He has bestowed a great reward on the strivers above those sitting back."
The words in the, previous verses were upon struggle. So, in this verse, there is a comparison between the strivers and non-strivers. The holy verse says:
Then, it has expressed again the superiority of the strivers more clearly and more manifestly. It says:
But, comparing these strivers with those for whom struggle is not an individual duty, and that they are not able to take part in the battle because of illness or weakness or other acceptable causes which hinder them to participate in the holy struggle, this group are also promised good. This is for the reason that the reward of their righteous intention, faith, and other deeds would not be ignored. So, it says:
Yet, in view of the fact that in the logic of Islam the importance of struggle is even more than this, it refers to the strivers again and emphasizes that: