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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

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وَمَا جَعَلَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بُشْرَىٰ وَلِتَطْمَئِنَّ بِهِۦ قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚ وَمَا ٱلنَّصْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ﴿١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And Allah made it not but good tidings and so that your hearts would be assured thereby. And victory is not but from Allah. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَاwamāAnd not
جَعَلَهُjaʿalahu(it was) made
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
إِلَّاillābut
بُشْرَىٰbush'rāgood tidings
وَلِتَطْمَئِنَّwalitaṭma-innaand so that might be at rest
بِهِۦbihiwith it
قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚqulūbukumyour hearts
وَمَاwamāAnd (there is) no
ٱلنَّصْرُl-naṣru[the] victory
إِلَّاillāexcept
مِنْminfrom
عِندِʿindi[of]
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌḥakīmunAll-Wise

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Muslims invoke Allah for Help, Allah sends the Angels to help ThemAl-Bukhari wrote in the book of battles (in his Sahih) under "Chapter; Allah's statement,إِذْ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ رَبَّكُمْ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ((Remember) when you sought help of your Lord and He answered you) until,فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ(then verily, Allah is severe in punishment)" that Ibn Mas`ud said, "I was a witness to something that Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad did, that I would like more than almost anything else to have b...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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