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Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)

Verse 11of 73

هُنَالِكَ ٱبْتُلِىَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ زِلْزَالًۭا شَدِيدًۭا﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

There the believers were tested and shaken with a severe shaking.

Word-by-word meaning

هُنَالِكَhunālikaThere
ٱبْتُلِىَub'tuliyawere tried
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers
وَزُلْزِلُوا۟wazul'zilūand shaken
زِلْزَالًۭاzil'zālan(with a) shake
شَدِيدًۭاshadīdansevere

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How the Believers were tested, and the Position of the Hypocrites during the Battle of Al-KhandaqAllah tells us what happened when the Confederates surrounded Al-Madinah and the Muslims were besieged and found themselves in straitened circumstances, with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in their midst. They were tried and tested, and were shaken with a mighty shaking. At this time hypocrisy emerged, and those in whose hearts was a disease spoke about what they really felt.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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