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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 65of 75

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ حَرِّضِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى ٱلْقِتَالِ ۚ إِن يَكُن مِّنكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَٰبِرُونَ يَغْلِبُوا۟ مِا۟ئَتَيْنِ ۚ وَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُم مِّا۟ئَةٌۭ يَغْلِبُوٓا۟ أَلْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌۭ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ﴿٦٥

Translation (Sahih International)

O Prophet, urge the believers to battle. If there are among you twenty [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome a thousand of those who have disbelieved because they are a people who do not understand.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyuProphet
حَرِّضِḥarriḍiUrge
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
عَلَىʿalāto
ٱلْقِتَالِ ۚl-qitāli[the] fight
إِنinIf
يَكُنyakun(there) are
مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
عِشْرُونَʿish'rūnatwenty
صَـٰبِرُونَṣābirūnasteadfast
يَغْلِبُوا۟yaghlibūthey will overcome
مِا۟ئَتَيْنِ ۚmi-ataynitwo hundred
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
يَكُنyakun(there) are
مِّنكُمminkumamong you
مِّا۟ئَةٌۭmi-atuna hundred
يَغْلِبُوٓا۟yaghlibūthey will overcome
أَلْفًۭاalfana thousand
مِّنَminaof
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
لَّا(who do) not
يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnaunderstand

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Encouraging Believers to fight in Jihad; the Good News that a Few Muslims can overcome a Superior Enemy ForceAllah encourages His Prophet and the believers to fight and struggle against the enemy, and wage war against their forces. Allah affirms that He will suffice, aid, support, and help the believers against their enemies, even if their enemies are numerous and have sufficient supplies, while the believers are few.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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