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The following was revealed regarding the defeat at Uhud: Ways of life have passed away before you, all manner of unbelief has preceded, where they have been given respite but are then seized [with punishment]; so travel in the land, O believers, and behold how was the end of those who denied, the messengers (rusul), that is, how their affair ended in destruction. So do not grieve on account of their victory, I am only giving them respite until their appointed time.