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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

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وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا۟ لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِۦ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًۭا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ﴿٢٥٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And when they went forth to [face] Goliath and his soldiers, they said, "Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people."

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
بَرَزُوا۟barazūthey went forth
لِجَالُوتَlijālūtato (face) Jalut
وَجُنُودِهِۦwajunūdihiand his troops
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
رَبَّنَآrabbanāOur Lord
أَفْرِغْafrighPour
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāon us
صَبْرًۭاṣabranpatience
وَثَبِّتْwathabbitand make firm
أَقْدَامَنَاaqdāmanāour feet
وَٱنصُرْنَاwa-unṣur'nāand help us
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(who are) disbelieving

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

When the faithful party, who were few under the command of Talut, faced their enemy, who were many under the command of Jalut, قَالُواْ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا(they invoked: "Our Lord! Pour forth on us patience...") meaning, send down patience on us from You. وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا(and set firm our feet) meaning, against the enemy and save us from running away and from feebleness, وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَـفِرِينَ(and make us victorious over the disbelieving people.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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