Quran 3:166

Surah Aal-i-Imraan, Verse 166

Juz 4 · Page 72 · Ruku 58 · Medinan

وَمَآ أَصَٰبَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Word by word

وَمَآ wamā And what أَصَـٰبَكُمْ aṣābakum struck you يَوْمَ yawma (on the) day ٱلْتَقَى l-taqā (when) met ٱلْجَمْعَانِ l-jamʿāni the two hosts فَبِإِذْنِ fabi-idh'ni (was) by (the) permission ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah وَلِيَعْلَمَ waliyaʿlama and that He (might) make evident ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ l-mu'minīna the believers

Transliteration

Wama asabakum yawma iltaqaaljamAAani fabi-ithni Allahi waliyaAAlamaalmu/mineen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

That which befell you, on the day when the two armies met, was by permission of Allah; that He might know the true believers;

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

What ye suffered on the day the two armies Met, was with the leave of Allah, in order that He might test the believers,-

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال تعالى :

( وما أصابكم يوم التقى الجمعان فبإذن الله ) أي : فراركم بين يدي عدوكم وقتلهم لجماعة منكم وجراحتهم لآخرين ، كان بقضاء الله وقدره ، وله الحكمة في ذلك . [ وقوله ] ( وليعلم المؤمنين ) أي : الذين صبروا وثبتوا ولم يتزلزلوا .