A111
Surah: 009 - Ayah: 111
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9:111
It is said in the verse (9: 111): "Lo! Allah has bought from the believers (muminin) their lives and their wealth because the paradise will be theirs (as the price of this transaction)." The practical ta'wll of this transaction, which has taken place between God and the mumin is also in the world of Intellect. But since the world of Intellect is the place of unity (maqam-i wahdaniyyat), therefore, there, only one personality demonstrates the action of both sides.
Why do some of the educated youngsters of the modern age feel ashamed of rites such as nandi? Is it because they do not like to perform the transactions of buying and selling in the house of God? Whereas, the bayat (oath of allegiance itself) is also a transaction of the buying and selling of the lives of mu’mins and in the Qur'an mention is made of the transaction of the lives and wealth of mu’mins with God (9:111). Thus, if such a pure and sacred transaction, which pertains to religion and to the other world, cannot be performed in the house of God, where else should it be performed?
13. The virtue of physical jihad (i.e. jihad through sacrifice of life) and material jihad is in the same ayat which reads: "Lo! Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Garden will be theirs: They shall fight in the way of Allah and shall slay and be slain" (9:111). The bond of this deal which has already taken place between Allah and His servants is so important that baycat (oath of allegiance) is repeatedly taken to renew it. The term baycat stems from the root word "bayca" which means both to buy and to sell. Thus, the secret of jihad through life and property is hidden in the act of baycat. You can enquire why the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s.) conducted the baycat-i rizwan - baycat of Divine pleasure (48:18)?
Wisdom 28
Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted, is not in need of anything. However, how amazing and unique is the glory of His mercy and kindness that He bestows upon us our life and property, then bestowing another greater favour on us, He says: "Verily God has purchased from the faithful their selves and their properties, for theirs (in return) be the gardens (of Paradise)" (9:111). How can one describe His bounties, that Allah’s bargain (life and property of a mu’min) remains with mu’mins as a trust till the day of jihad so that, they keep on benefitting from it. Here there is a very pleasing point that, had most of the Qur’anic virtues of Jihad not been in symbols of wisdom, and if everybody had understood them then, no mu’min would have preferred to die on the death bed, rather he would have liked to have been dyed in the blood of his own martyrdom, considering it as the "colour of Allah" (2:138).
This verse has been referred 5 times.