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﴿فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ﴾
“So travel by night with your family, follow behind them, and let none of you turn back.”
It has been the custom of the noble and distinguished leaders to place themselves closest to what is most frightening—out of willingness to sacrifice themselves, to steady and reassure others, and because they know that drawing near to something that causes fear does not bring one closer to death, just as avoiding it does not avert what has been decreed, nor does it distance one from harm. This is also so that your heart is not preoccupied with those behind you, and so that they hold you in awe and thus do not turn back, nor does any of them lag behind—along with other beneficial wisdoms.[al-Biqāʿī, 4/229]
﴿فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ﴾
“So travel by night with your family and follow behind them.”
Meaning that Lūṭ (peace be upon him) was to walk behind them in order to better guard and protect them. Likewise, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would walk at the rear during expeditions, acting as the rear guard—urging on the weak and carrying those who had fallen behind.[Ibn Kathīr, 2/535]
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