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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 155of 200

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا۟ مِنكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ إِنَّمَا ٱسْتَزَلَّهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ ۖ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌۭ﴿١٥٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, those of you who turned back on the day the two armies met, it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some [blame] they had earned. But Allah has already forgiven them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawturned back
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
يَوْمَyawma(on the) day
ٱلْتَقَىl-taqāmet
ٱلْجَمْعَانِl-jamʿānithe two hosts
إِنَّمَاinnamāonly
ٱسْتَزَلَّهُمُis'tazallahumumade them slip
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
بِبَعْضِbibaʿḍifor some
مَا(of) what
كَسَبُوا۟ ۖkasabūthey (had) earned
وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd surely
عَفَاʿafāforgave
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
عَنْهُمْ ۗʿanhum[on] them
إِنَّinnaindeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَفُورٌghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
حَلِيمٌۭḥalīmunAll-Forbearing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Slumber Overcame the Believers; the Fear that the Hypocrites SufferedAllah reminds His servants of His favor when He sent down on them tranquillity and slumber that overcame them while they were carrying their weapons and feeling distress and grief. In this case, slumber is a favor and carries meanings of calmness and safety.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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