As Israeli ground troops get underway with the second phase of Operation Protective Edge, Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades tweets a verse of the Quran rallying the support of the faithful in the face of the enemy, enjoining them to place their faith in Allah.
“Those to whom hypocrites said, ‘Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them.’ But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, ‘Sufficient for us is Allah , and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs,'” reads the Sahih International translation of the passage Hamas tweeted.
https://twitter.com/Qassam_Arabic/status/489900102795161600
The verse is interpreted to mean that “the strongest barrier against all the threats of the enemy is faith and trusting in Allah” and that Muslims ought not be “frightened by the hollow propagations of the enemy,” according to al-Islam.org’s online exegesis.
Is our live war coverage important to you?
Are you relying on The Times of Israel for accurate and timely coverage right now? If so, please join The Times of Israel Community. For as little as $6/month, you will:
Join the Times of Israel Community
Join our Community
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
You're a dedicated reader
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel eleven years ago - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you,
David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
Join Our Community
Join Our Community
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this