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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

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إِذْ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ رَبَّكُمْ فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ أَنِّى مُمِدُّكُم بِأَلْفٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ مُرْدِفِينَ﴿٩

Translation (Sahih International)

[Remember] when you asked help of your Lord, and He answered you, "Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one another."

Word-by-word meaning

إِذْidhWhen
تَسْتَغِيثُونَtastaghīthūnayou were seeking help
رَبَّكُمْrabbakum(of) your Lord
فَٱسْتَجَابَfa-is'tajābaand He answered
لَكُمْlakum[to] you
أَنِّىannīIndeed, I am
مُمِدُّكُمmumiddukumgoing to reinforce you
بِأَلْفٍۢbi-alfinwith a thousand
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe Angels
مُرْدِفِينَmur'difīnaone after another

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Muslims invoke Allah for Help, Allah sends the Angels to help ThemAl-Bukhari wrote in the book of battles (in his Sahih) under "Chapter; Allah's statement,إِذْ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ رَبَّكُمْ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ((Remember) when you sought help of your Lord and He answered you) until,فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ(then verily, Allah is severe in punishment)" that Ibn Mas`ud said, "I was a witness to something that Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad did, that I would like more than almost anything else to have b...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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