In the jihad in the way of Allah, active combat is not always the role on the battlefield, nor can everyone fight in the front line. Just for one single battle preparations have often to be made for decades on end and the plans deeply laid, and while only some thousands fight in the front line there are behind them millions engaged in various tasks which, though small themselves, contribute directly to the supreme effort.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In the jihad in the way of Allah, active combat is not always the role on the battlefield, nor can everyone fight in the front line. Just for one single battle preparations have often to be made for decades on end and the plans deeply laid, and while only some thousands fight in the front line there are behind them millions engaged in various tasks which, though small themselves, contribute directly to the supreme effort." in the context of "Attributed to Sayyid Abu Ala Maudoodi by Bill Warner in The Wrong Way To Fight Jihad. March 2010. https://www.politicalislam.com/the-wrong-way-to-fight-jihad-march-2010/" to mean that wisdom is timeless.