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English translation
(5). 4083. 'Uqbah bin 'Āmir narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ recited this Āyah upon the Minbar: And make ready against them all you can of power.[2] He said: "Verily! Power is shooting" - three times - "Verily! Allāh will open the earth for you and suffice you with supplies, so let none of you forsake practicing with his arrows." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] Some of them reported this Hadīth from Usāmah bin Zaid, from Šāliḥ bin Kaisān [and Abū Usāmah as well as others reported it] from 'Uqbah bin 'Āmir. But the narration of Waki' is more correct. Šāliḥ bin Kaisān did not see 'Uqbah bin 'Āmir, while he did see Ibn 'Umar.
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Footnotes
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[1] Al-Anfāl 8:33.
2
[2] Al-Anfāl 8:60.
Commentary
The commentators explained this Verse clearly, that the Muslims should remain ready all the time to combat and ambush the enemies. The weapons, arms, artillery, all types of combating and war equipment and the armed forces, whatever is needed according to the circumstance, need and time, are to be prepared to the nation's best capability. The Muslims must not show any weakness in matters of military preparation.
