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بِنَصْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ يَنصُرُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

In the victory of Allah. He gives victory to whom He wills, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

بِنَصْرِbinaṣriWith (the) help
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
يَنصُرُyanṣuruHe helps
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُ ۖyashāuHe wills
وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mighty
ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.Foretelling the Victory of the RomansThese Ayat were revealed about the victory of Sabur, the king of Persia, over Ash-Sham (Greater Syria), the adjoining partisan states of the Arabian Peninsula, and the outlying regions of the land of the Romans. Heraclius, the emperor of the Romans, was forced to flee to Constantinople where he was besieged for a lengthy period.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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