"Remember ye were on the hither side of the valley, and they on the farther side, and the caravan on lower ground than ye. Even if ye had made a mutual appointment to meet, ye would certainly have failed in the appointment: But [thus ye met], that Allah might accomplish a matter already enacted; that those who died might die after a clear Sign [had been given], and those who lived might live after a Clear Sign [had been given]. And verily Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth [all things]."— Yusuf Ali translation