Transliteration:( Ayna maa takoonoo yudrikkumul mawtu wa law kuntum fee buroojim mushai yadah; wa in tusibhum hasanatuny yaqooloo haazihee min indil laahi wa in tusibhum saiyi'atuny yaqooloo haazihee min 'indik; qul kullum min 'indillaahi famaa lihaaa 'ulaaa'il qawmi laa yakaadoona yafqahoona hadeesaa )
251. Hence, it is better to die a death of a martyr on the battlefield than that after months of suffering from illness in bed. In a Hadith, it is reported that a martyr feels the pain of death as if bitten by an ant.
252. That since You (the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) came to Madina these calamities are taking place. God forbid. After the arrival of the Holy Prophet Yathrib became a sacred city.
In place of calamities it became a place of cure and blessing. The sand of Madina became blessed with a cure.
253. From this, we learn that all forms of blessings and calamities either came with the full knowledge of Allah Almighty or we become the cause of them. Piety is a means of obtaining comfort, while sin becomes the cause of calamity. Therefore there is no inconsistency between this verse and the earlier verse: "From your soul". Both verses are correct in their own place.
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The tafsir of Surah Nisa verse 78 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Nisa ayat 77 which provides the complete commentary from verse 77 through 79.
(4:78) Wherever you might be, death will overtake you even though you be in massive towers. And when some good happens to them, they say: ‘This is from Allah’; whereas when some misfortune befalls them, they say: ‘This is because of you’.[109] Say: ‘All is from Allah.’ What has happened to this people that they seem to understand nothing?
109. When such people encounter success and victory, they attribute it to the grace of God. They allow themselves to forget that this grace came to them through no one but the Prophet (peace be on him). When they are either beaten or face setbacks because of their own faults and weaknesses they gratuitously exonerate themselves and place the blame squarely on the Prophet (peace be on him).
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