Surah Al-Anfaal (8) — Ayah 36

(Ayah 36) {اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا يُنْفِقُوْنَ اَمْوَالَهُمْ … :} Here, {’’ عَنْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ ‘‘} refers to Islam, meaning the disbelievers, especially the people of Makkah who are being mentioned here, spend their wealth in every possible way to prevent people from Islam—by offering monetary temptations and by providing food, mounts, weapons, and men for preparation of war. Their enmity and hostility towards Islam is such that they do not hesitate to spend even their most beloved possession, wealth, to prevent it. However, Allah Almighty has already warned that whenever they take any action against the Muslims in the future, they will face the same failure and regret as they did now at Badr. Accordingly, after this, in the battles of Uhud and Khandaq as well, they had to return with failure; they could neither capture Madinah, nor obtain any spoils of war, nor enslave anyone. And in the Hereafter, the fate of these disbelievers is that they will be driven and gathered into Hell. Even later, as long as the Muslims adhered to Allah’s commands and did not show negligence in preparing for jihad, the wealth spent by the disbelievers for war against them always became a cause of regret for them, and they always remained defeated.