165أَوَلَمّا أَصابَتكُم مُصيبَةٌ قَد أَصَبتُم مِثلَيها قُلتُم أَنّىٰ هٰذا ۖ قُل هُوَ مِن عِندِ أَنفُسِكُم ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلىٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ قَديرٌMuhammad AsadAND DO YOU, now that a calamity has befallen you after you had inflicted twice as much [on your foes],1 ask yourselves, "How has this come about?" Say: "It has come from your own selves."2 Verily, God has the power to will anything:I.e., at the battle of Badr, in the year 2 H.Many of the followers of the Prophet had been convinced that, whatever the circumstances, God would grant them victory on account of their faith alone. The bitter experience at Uhud came as a shock to them; and so the Qur'an reminds them that this calamity was a consequence of their own doings.