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اِذۡ اَنۡتُمۡ بِالۡعُدۡوَۃِ الدُّنۡیَا وَ ہُمۡ بِالۡعُدۡوَۃِ الۡقُصۡوٰی وَ الرَّکۡبُ اَسۡفَلَ مِنۡکُمۡ ؕ وَ لَوۡ تَوَاعَدۡتُّمۡ لَاخۡتَلَفۡتُمۡ فِی الۡمِیۡعٰدِ ۙ وَ لٰکِنۡ لِّیَقۡضِیَ اللّٰہُ اَمۡرًا کَانَ مَفۡعُوۡلًا ۬ۙ لِّیَہۡلِکَ مَنۡ ہَلَکَ عَنۡۢ بَیِّنَۃٍ وَّ یَحۡیٰی مَنۡ حَیَّ عَنۡۢ بَیِّنَۃٍ ؕ وَ اِنَّ اللّٰہَ لَسَمِیۡعٌ عَلِیۡمٌ ﴿ۙ۴۲﴾

42. And (remember) when you were on the nearer bank (of the valley towards Medina), and they (i.e. the army of the Meccans) were on the farther bank (of the valley), and the (mercantile) caravan (of Abu Sufyan) was in a lower place than you. Had you mutually made an appointment (to fight), you would have surely reached there at different times (but Allah coincided your encounter)—so that Allah might conclude a matter which was bound to be fulfilled, (and) that whoever perishes should perish with clear evidence, and whoever survives should survive with clear evidence. And Allah is indeed All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

(الْأَنْفَال، 8 : 42)