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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 66of 75

ٱلْـَٰٔنَ خَفَّفَ ٱللَّهُ عَنكُمْ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ ضَعْفًۭا ۚ فَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُم مِّا۟ئَةٌۭ صَابِرَةٌۭ يَغْلِبُوا۟ مِا۟ئَتَيْنِ ۚ وَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُمْ أَلْفٌۭ يَغْلِبُوٓا۟ أَلْفَيْنِ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ﴿٦٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Now, Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the steadfast.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلْـَٔـٰنَal-ānaNow
خَفَّفَkhaffafahas (been) lightened
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
عَنكُمْʿankumfor you
وَعَلِمَwaʿalimaand He knows
أَنَّannathat
فِيكُمْfīkumin you
ضَعْفًۭا ۚḍaʿfan(there) is weakness
فَإِنfa-inSo if
يَكُنyakun(there) are
مِّنكُمminkumamong you
مِّا۟ئَةٌۭmi-atuna hundred
صَابِرَةٌۭṣābiratunsteadfast
يَغْلِبُوا۟yaghlibūthey will overcome
مِا۟ئَتَيْنِ ۚmi-ataynitwo hundred
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
يَكُنyakun(there) are
مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
أَلْفٌۭalfuna thousand
يَغْلِبُوٓا۟yaghlibūthey will overcome
أَلْفَيْنِalfaynitwo thousand
بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niwith (the) permission
ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
مَعَmaʿa(is) with
ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīnathe steadfast

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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