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Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)

Verse 9of 73

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَآءَتْكُمْ جُنُودٌۭ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًۭا وَجُنُودًۭا لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا﴿٩

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allah upon you when armies came to [attack] you and We sent upon them a wind and armies [of angels] you did not see. And ever is Allah, of what you do, Seeing.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
ٱذْكُرُوا۟udh'kurūRemember
نِعْمَةَniʿ'mata(the) Favor
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
إِذْidhwhen
جَآءَتْكُمْjāatkumcame to you
جُنُودٌۭjunūdun(the) hosts
فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnāand We sent
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
رِيحًۭاrīḥana wind
وَجُنُودًۭاwajunūdanand hosts
لَّمْlamnot
تَرَوْهَا ۚtarawhāyou (could) see them
وَكَانَwakānaAnd Allah is
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAnd Allah is
بِمَاbimāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
بَصِيرًاbaṣīranAll-Seer

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Campaign of the Confederates (Al-Ahzab)Allah tells us of the blessings and favors He bestowed upon His believing servants when He diverted their enemies and defeated them in the year when they gathered together and plotted. That was the year of Al-Khandaq, in Shawwal of the year 5 AH according to the well-known correct view. Musa bin `Uqbah and others said that it was in the year 4 AH.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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