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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 121of 200

وَإِذْ غَدَوْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ تُبَوِّئُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَقَٰعِدَ لِلْقِتَالِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ﴿١٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

And [remember] when you, [O Muhammad], left your family in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle [of Uhud] - and Allah is Hearing and Knowing -

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
غَدَوْتَghadawtayou left early morning
مِنْminfrom
أَهْلِكَahlikayour household
تُبَوِّئُtubawwi-uto post
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
مَقَـٰعِدَmaqāʿida(to take) positions
لِلْقِتَالِ ۗlil'qitālifor the battle
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knowing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Battle of UhudAccording to the majority of scholars, these Ayat are describing the battle of Uhud, as Ibn `Abbas, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, As-Suddi and others said. The battle of Uhud occurred on a Saturday, in the month of Shawwal on the third year of Hijrah. `Ikrimah said that Uhud occurred in the middle of the month of Shawwal, and Allah knows best.The Reason Behind the Battle of UhudThe idolators suffered many casualties among their noble men at the battle of Badr.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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