The connection of flight mentioned in the verse as put together with Jihad, shows that it means the labour, toil, and distress which befel the fugitives in leaving their families unprotected in the hands of their persecutors on their expulsion from their country. [Sidenote: (11) A'l Amran, III, 136.] 23. "Do ye think that ye could enter Paradise without God taking knowledge of those among you who (_Jahadoo_) have toiled and of those who steadfastly endured." The Rev. Mr. Rodwell translates _Jahadoo_, "did valiantly," and does not agree with Sale and Palmer, who translate it, "fought strenuously," or "fought well." By the connection of enduring patiently, the word _Jahadoo_ probably means those who toiled and suffered in their exile from Mecca. [Sidenote: (12) The Spoils, VIII, 73.] 24. "Verily, they who believe and have fled their homes and (_Jahadoo_) toiled with their substance and themselves in the way of God, and they who have taken in and have helped, shall be near of kin the one to the other. And they who have believed, but have not fled their homes, shall have no rights of kindred with you at all, _until_ they too fly their country. Yet if they seek aid from you, on account of the faith, your part is to give them aid, except against a people between whom and yourself there may be a treaty. And God beholdeth your actions." Sale renders the word _Jihad_ (or _Jahadoo_) in this passage as meaning "employed their substance and their persons in fighting." Rodwell ... "Spent their substance and themselves." Palmer ... "Fought strenuously with their wealth and person." As the word _Jihad_ has been applied here to both one's-self and his substance or wealth, it cannot mean "fighting," even if taken in the technical signification. [Sidenote: (13) The Spoil, VIII, 75.] 25. "But as for those who have believed and fled their country and (_Jahadoo_) took pains in the way of God, and have been a refuge or help, these are the faithful, mercy is their due and a noble provision." Sale ... "Fought." Rodwell ... "Fought." Palmer ... "Fought strenuously." There is nothing in this passage to warrant a departure from the literal and proper signification of the word _Jahadoo_, and using it in a post-Koranic sense. [Sidenote: (14) The Spoil, VIII, 76.] 26. "And they who have believed and have since fled their country, (_Jahadoo_) toiled with you, these also are of you. Those who are united by the ties of blood are the nearest of kin to each other. This is in the Book of God. Verily God knoweth all things." Sale ... "Fought." Rodwell ... "Fought." Palmer ... "Fought strenuously." There is no valid excuse here for changing the signification of the word _Jahadoo_ into that which is never used in the Koran or in the classical Arabic.