OCCASION OF REVELATION (VERSE NO. 214)

some connentators have said: When in the battle of mout,  the unhallowed confederates tried to surround and annihilate the Muslime community  in medina, they caused a great deal of anxiety and fear to the beleaguered Muslims so much so that Quran says: 'They came from below you, adn from above you so that your eyes were blurred, your hearts leapt to your throats, and you imagined various thoughts. about Allag. "Some of the muslims were conquered bd dread and ear, and lost their hopes. Then thes verse revealed there to encourage Muslims to be patient and firm in such troubles, and put their trust on God and wait of His help to come.

COMMENTS

      The verse implies that the believers were of opinion that, through their mere FAITH, they could obtain salvation and enter the Paradise without any good work and action. The verse denied them that, saying: ``Did you think that you would enter the Garden of Bliss without such trials as came to those who passed away before you; while they encountered many hardship and suffering, and were so shaken in spirit that even the prophets and those who believed with them cried: When the help of God may come?''

      Of course they did not issue that word through objection, but as a request and their wish. This verse points at one of the everlasting Divine rules and customs; that in all ages the believers have to work hard for salvation, and encounter sufferings and hardship, if they are willing to enter the Paradise. In other word: ``NO PAIN, NO GAIN''