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Verse 14of 14

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوٓا۟ أَنصَارَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَا قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ لِلْحَوَارِيِّۦنَ مَنْ أَنصَارِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنصَارُ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَـَٔامَنَت طَّآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَكَفَرَت طَّآئِفَةٌۭ ۖ فَأَيَّدْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ عَلَىٰ عَدُوِّهِمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ ظَٰهِرِينَ﴿١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who have believed, be supporters of Allah, as when Jesus, the son of Mary, said to the disciples, "Who are my supporters for Allah?" The disciples said, "We are supporters of Allah." And a faction of the Children of Israel believed and a faction disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against their enemy, and they became dominant.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
كُونُوٓا۟kūnūBe
أَنصَارَanṣārahelpers
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
كَمَاkamāas
قَالَqālasaid
عِيسَىʿīsāIsa
ٱبْنُub'nuson
مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
لِلْحَوَارِيِّـۧنَlil'ḥawāriyyīnato the disciples
مَنْmanWho
أَنصَارِىٓanṣārī(are) my helpers
إِلَىilāfor
ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
قَالَqālaSaid
ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَl-ḥawāriyūnathe disciples
نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
أَنصَارُanṣāru(are) the helpers
ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
فَـَٔامَنَتfaāmanatThen believed
طَّآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatuna group
مِّنۢminof
بَنِىٓbanīChildren
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
وَكَفَرَتwakafaratand disbelieved
طَّآئِفَةٌۭ ۖṭāifatuna group
فَأَيَّدْنَاfa-ayyadnāSo We supported
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
عَلَىٰʿalāagainst
عَدُوِّهِمْʿaduwwihimtheir enemy
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūand they became
ظَـٰهِرِينَẓāhirīnadominant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Muslims are always the Natural Supporters of IslamAllah the Exalted orders His faithful servants to be Allah's supporters at all times, in all their statements and actions, sacrificing their selves and wealth.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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