Ali 'Imran 3:168

<h2>The Reason and Wisdom Behind the Defeat at Uhud</h2><p>Allah said,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">أَوَ لَمَّا أَصَـبَتْكُمْ مُّصِيبَةٌ</div><p>(When a single disaster smites you), in reference to when the Muslims suffered seventy fatalities during the battle of Uhud,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ مِّثْلَيْهَا</div><p>(although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as great,) during Badr, when the Muslims killed seventy Mushriks and captured seventy others,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">قُلْتُمْ أَنَّى هَـذَا</div><p>(you say: "From where does this come to us") why did this defeat happen to us</p><div class="arabic uthmani">قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنْفُسِكُمْ</div><p>(Say, "It is from yourselves.") Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that `Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "When Uhud occurred, a year after Badr, Muslims were punished for taking ransom from the disbelievers at Badr in return for releasing the Mushriks whom they captured in that battle. Thus, they suffered the loss of seventy fatalities and the Companions of the Messenger of Allah gave flight and abandoned him. The Messenger suffered a broken tooth, the helmet was smashed on his head and blood flowed onto his face. Allah then revealed,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">أَوَ لَمَّا أَصَـبَتْكُمْ مُّصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ مِّثْلَيْهَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَّى هَـذَا قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنْفُسِكُمْ</div><p>(When a single disaster smites you, although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as …

Those who, while they sat at home, said of their brethren (who were fighting for the cause of Allah): If they had been guided by us they would not have been slain. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Then avert death from yourselves if ye are truthful.

(They are) the ones that say, (of their brethren slain), while they themselves sit (at ease): "If only they had listened to us they would not have been slain." Say: "Avert death from your own selves, if ye speak the truth."

(They are) the ones who said about their killed brethren while they themselves sat (at home): "If only they had listened to us, they would not have been killed." Say: "Avert death from your ownselves, if you speak the truth."

Those who said of their brethren, as they stayed behind, “Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed.” Say, “Then avert death from yourselves, if you are truthful.”