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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 46of 75

وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَلَا تَنَٰزَعُوا۟ فَتَفْشَلُوا۟ وَتَذْهَبَ رِيحُكُمْ ۖ وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ﴿٤٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not dispute and [thus] lose courage and [then] your strength would depart; and be patient. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿūAnd obey
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His Messenger
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَنَـٰزَعُوا۟tanāzaʿūdispute
فَتَفْشَلُوا۟fatafshalūlest you lose courage
وَتَذْهَبَwatadhhabaand (would) depart
رِيحُكُمْ ۖrīḥukumyour strength
وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ ۚwa-iṣ'birūand be patient
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مَعَmaʿa(is) with
ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīnathe patient ones

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Manners of WarAllah instructs His faithful servants in the manners of fighting and methods of courage when meeting the enemy in battle,يَـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ إِذَا لَقِيتُمْ فِئَةً فَاثْبُتُواْ(O you who believe! When you meet (an enemy) force, take a firm stand against them) In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that `Abdullah bin Abi Awfa said that during one battle, Allah's Messenger ﷺ waited until the sun declined, then stood among the people and said,«يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لَا تَتَمَن...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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