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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 12of 75

إِذْ يُوحِى رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ أَنِّى مَعَكُمْ فَثَبِّتُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۚ سَأُلْقِى فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلرُّعْبَ فَٱضْرِبُوا۟ فَوْقَ ٱلْأَعْنَاقِ وَٱضْرِبُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ بَنَانٍۢ﴿١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip."

Word-by-word meaning

إِذْidhWhen
يُوحِىyūḥīinspired
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
إِلَىilāto
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe Angels
أَنِّىannīI am
مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you
فَثَبِّتُوا۟fathabbitūso strengthen
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟ ۚāmanūbelieved
سَأُلْقِىsa-ul'qīI will cast
فِىin
قُلُوبِqulūbi(the) hearts
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
ٱلرُّعْبَl-ruʿ'bathe terror
فَٱضْرِبُوا۟fa-iḍ'ribūso strike
فَوْقَfawqaabove
ٱلْأَعْنَاقِl-aʿnāqithe necks
وَٱضْرِبُوا۟wa-iḍ'ribūand strike
مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
كُلَّkullaevery
بَنَانٍۢbanāninfingertip[s]

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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