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Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)

Verse 22of 73

وَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلْأَحْزَابَ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَصَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ ۚ وَمَا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّآ إِيمَٰنًۭا وَتَسْلِيمًۭا﴿٢٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth." And it increased them only in faith and acceptance.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
رَءَاraāsaw
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers
ٱلْأَحْزَابَl-aḥzābathe confederates
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
مَا(is) what
وَعَدَنَاwaʿadanāAllah promised us
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah promised us
وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His Messenger
وَصَدَقَwaṣadaqaand Allah spoke the truth
ٱللَّهُl-lahuand Allah spoke the truth
وَرَسُولُهُۥ ۚwarasūluhuand His Messenger
وَمَاwamāAnd not
زَادَهُمْzādahumit increased them
إِلَّآillāexcept
إِيمَـٰنًۭاīmānan(in) faith
وَتَسْلِيمًۭاwataslīmanand submission

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to follow the Messenger ﷺThis Ayah is an important principle, to follow the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in all his words, and deeds, etc. Hence Allah commanded the people to take the Prophet as an example on the day of Al-Ahzab, with regard to patience, guarding, striving and waiting for Allah to provide the way out; may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him forever, until the Day of Judgement.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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