I tell you, to be honest, every single one of us, without any exaggeration, every single one of us was 100 percent sure that we would all be… all be martyred, but you know, Allah chooses to take a person’s life when he chooses. And we have no control over.
Meaning of the quote
This quote expresses the idea that the speaker and his group were fully convinced they would die as martyrs, but they recognized that ultimately it is up to God (Allah) to decide when a person's life ends, and humans have no control over it. The speaker seems to have accepted this belief, even though the group's expectations of becoming martyrs did not come true.
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I tell you, to be honest, every single one of us, without any exaggeration, every single one of us was 100 percent sure that we would all be… all be martyred, but you know, Allah chooses to take a person’s life when he chooses. And we have no control over.
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