#With God, you have nothing to lose

You see, when it's God's war, the battle strategies always look ridiculous. Seasoned Generals would argue against it. They will point out the foolhardiness of applying the strategy.

"This is ridiculous. Are you insane?

This is war and not child's play"

Many onlookers would murmur the same sentiments.

When it's God's war, you cannot comprehend it. The only thing you can possibly predict, is the outcome.

2 Chronicles 20:15b MSG
This is God's war, not yours,
God said to king Jehoshaphat when three kings united against him. All the king needed to do, was get the worshippers ahead of the soldiers and all, in one accord begin to praise and thank God.

That was it.
A battle strategy indeed. They dint have to lift a finger. God laid
ambushment against the three kings.

2 Chronicles 20:17 MSG
You won't have to lift a hand in this battle;

When the Israelites were delivered from Egypt and the shackles of slavery, they were caught between pharaoh's merciless army & the mighty redsea.
They dint have to lift a finger. God said, "Stand still, and see me in action. The rest they say, is history.

When God briefed Joshua on how to penetrate the fortress of Jericho, without a doubt, I believe Joshua must have said to God, "can You please repeat what You just said?
I must have missed something.

God told him, you heard well.
His biggest concern after this encounter must have been, how do I get these stiff-necked Israelites to tag along?

Walking round a city wall daily for 6 days and on the 7th day, walk round it 7 times and boom,
the walls will collapse. Hmmmmm.

Flesh would have crept in, fear and trepidation too, but, as he walked along, he remembered how God showed forth His power in Egypt and how He demonstrated His might before the red sea and how he destroyed Pharaoh and his army in one full swoop.
No, this is God we are talking about, he said to himself. With God, absolutely nothing is impossible.

With Chin up, he boldly debriefed his Generals and field commanders. Suddenly there was a loud interruption from his deputy, "you said what? This is war and not a crusade."
He tried and tried convincing them all this is God's war, not ours..if we want success, we've got to do it His way. Some would definitely have left. They were murmuring "If you have a pact with death, that's ok, I have a family who needs me" Others who stayed had some form of
doubt or the other, but, still, they tagged along and obeyed.

As we know, the rest they say is history.
They matched round the city as.instructed and the walls came crashing down...

What God is instructing you to do might look very ridiculous, and infact, make you look very
stupid. Abram obeyed. Noah obeyed. Peter obeyed & d results were not only mind-blowing, but also, breathtaking.

u have nothin to lose when u obey God. It's nt easy sometimes, I must confess, but,like Joshua,Moses, Jehoshaphat, just obey. No use arguing. u won't win dat argument.
Pray for the grace to always do things His way, and at the end, you will be beneficiary of the "riches" therein.

Look at it from this perspective..."When it's God, nothing can go wrong. When it's God, the outcome is predictable"

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1. First off, a disclaimer. Should you feel hurt by my words in the course of the thread, then forgive me. It’s from me and not from Islam. And I probably have to improve on my delivery. And I may not quote you verbatim, but the intended meaning would be there. Thank You!

2. Standing on Imam Shafii’s quote: “And I never debated anyone but that I did not mind whether Allah clarified the truth on my tongue or his tongue” or “I never once debated anyone hoping to win the debate; rather I always wished that the truth would come from his side.”

3. Okay, into the meat (my love for meat is showing. Lol) of the thread. Even though you didn’t mention the verse that permitted polygamy, everyone knows the verse you were talking about (Q4:3).


4. Your reasons for the revelation of the verse are strange. The first time I came across such. I had to quickly consult the books on the exegeses or tafsir of the Quran written by renowned specialists!