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yujādilūnaka fī l-ḥaqqi baʿda mā tabayyana ka-ʾannamā yusāqūna ʾilā l-mawti wa-huma
They disputed with you concerning the truth after it had become clear, as if they were being driven towards death as they looked on.
— Ali Quli Qarai
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Surah Al-Anfal – Verse 6
6. “They dispute with you about the truth after it became clear, as if they see they are being driven unto death. “
The dispute of a group of Muslims with the Prophet (S) was alongside the Battle of Badr. They said that since they had not enough possibilities and troops, they could go out for taking possession of the properties of the merchants of Quraysh, not for fighting against the forces of Quraysh. Some of them delivered some reasons for the lack of conflict, while some others, like Miqdad, said that they would not treat like the people of Moses (as), sitting and saying that you go for fighting, but they themselves were fighters and whatever the Prophet (S) commanded they would accept.
But, in this course, the coward persons, who were not ready to fight, disputed with the Prophet (S). However, not the whole companions of the Prophet (S) were just and obedient to the command of the Prophet (S) as the verse says:
In order to flee from taking part in fight, always the coward and self-indulgent persons attack to dispute and justification, and they seek for excuses. Therefore, if the spirits end motives are not safe and sound, the march of such soldiers towards fight is not more than carrying corpse. The verse says: