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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 11of 75

إِذْ يُغَشِّيكُمُ ٱلنُّعَاسَ أَمَنَةًۭ مِّنْهُ وَيُنَزِّلُ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ لِّيُطَهِّرَكُم بِهِۦ وَيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمْ رِجْزَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ وَلِيَرْبِطَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتَ بِهِ ٱلْأَقْدَامَ﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

[Remember] when He overwhelmed you with drowsiness [giving] security from Him and sent down upon you from the sky, rain by which to purify you and remove from you the evil [suggestions] of Satan and to make steadfast your hearts and plant firmly thereby your feet.

Word-by-word meaning

إِذْidhWhen
يُغَشِّيكُمُyughashīkumuHe covered you
ٱلنُّعَاسَl-nuʿāsawith [the] slumber
أَمَنَةًۭamanatana security
مِّنْهُmin'hufrom Him
وَيُنَزِّلُwayunazziluand sent down
عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon you
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
مَآءًۭmāanwater
لِّيُطَهِّرَكُمliyuṭahhirakumso that He may purify you
بِهِۦbihiwith it
وَيُذْهِبَwayudh'hibaand take away
عَنكُمْʿankumfrom you
رِجْزَrij'zaevil (suggestions)
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni(of) the Shaitaan
وَلِيَرْبِطَwaliyarbiṭaAnd to strengthen
عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
قُلُوبِكُمْqulūbikumyour hearts
وَيُثَبِّتَwayuthabbitaand make firm
بِهِbihiwith it
ٱلْأَقْدَامَl-aqdāmayour feet

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Slumber overcomes MuslimsAllah reminds the believers of the slumber that He sent down on them as security from the fear they suffered from, because of the multitude of their enemy and the sparseness of their forces. They were given the same favor during the battle of Uhud, which Allah described,ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِّن بَعْدِ الْغَمِّ أَمَنَةً نُّعَاساً يَغْشَى طَآئِفَةً مِّنْكُمْ وَطَآئِفَةٌ قَدْ أَهَمَّتْهُمْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ(Then after the distress, He sent down security for you.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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