s wherein ye
may delight be dearer to you than God and His Apostle and
(_Jihadan_) toiling in My cause, then wait until God shall Himself
enter on His work; God guideth not the impious."

Sale ... "Advancement of his religion."

Rodwell ... "Efforts on his path."

Palmer ... "Fighting strenuously."

[Sidenote: (28) _Ibid_, 41.]

41. "March ye forth light and heavy and (_Jahidoo_) toil with your
substance and persons on the way of God. This, if ye knew it, will
be best for you."

Sale ... "Employ your substance and your persons
for the advancement of God's
true religion."

Rodwell ... "Contend with your...."

Palmer ... "Fight strenuously with your wealth
and persons."

[Sidenote: (29) The Immunity, IX, 44.]

42. "They who believe in God and in the last day will not ask leave
to be exempt from (_Yojahadoo_) toiling with their substance and
their persons. But God knoweth them that fear Him."

Sale ... "Employ their substance and their persons
for the advancement of God's
true religion."

Rodwell ... "Contending with their substance and
persons."

Palmer ... "Fighting strenuously."

[Sidenote: (30) _Ibid_, 82.]

43. "They who were left in their homes were delighted behind God's
Apostle and were averse from (_Yojahidoo_) exerting with their
riches and their persons for the cause of God, and said, 'March not
out in the heat.' Say, a fiercer heat will be the fire of hell!
Would that they understood this."

Sale ... "Employ their substance and their persons
for the advancement of God's
true religion."

Rodwell ... "Contending with their riches and their
persons."

Palmer ... "Fighting strenuously with their wealth
and their person."

[Sidenote: (31) _Ibid_, 87.]

44. "Moreover when a Sura was sent down with 'Believe in God, and
(_Jahidoo_) toil in company with his Apostle,' those of them who
are possessed of riches demanded exemption, and said, 'Allow us to
be with those who sit _at home_.'"

Sale ... "Go forth to war."

Rodwell ... "Contend."