fighting for us? Could You not have granted us respite for a little while?’ Say, ‘The enjoyment of this world is brief, but the Hereafter is better for those who fear Allah; and you will not be wronged even by as much as a thread in a date stone.’”
Surah al-Nisā’, 77

Everything in the Quran that urges and encourages jihad, and condemns those who shrink from it or abandon it, constitutes a condemnation of cowardice.

Since the well-being of humanity, in both religious and worldly affairs, cannot be achieved without courage and generosity, Allah, glorified be He, has explained that whoever turns away from Him by abandoning jihad in person will be replaced by someone who undertakes it. Likewise, whoever turns away from Him with regard to spending his wealth will be replaced by someone who does so. He says:

“O you who believe, what is the matter with you that, when you are told to go forth in Allah’s cause, you cling heavily to the earth? Are you content with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter? Yet the enjoyment of this worldly life is but little compared with the Hereafter. If you do not go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment and replace you with another people. You will not harm Him in the least, and Allah has power over all things.”
Surah al-Tawbah, 38–39

And He, exalted be He, says:

“Here you are, being called to spend in