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As-Saf (The Ranks)

Verse 4of 14

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ صَفًّۭا كَأَنَّهُم بُنْيَٰنٌۭ مَّرْصُوصٌۭ﴿٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in His cause in a row as though they are a [single] structure joined firmly.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يُحِبُّyuḥibbuloves
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يُقَـٰتِلُونَyuqātilūnafight
فِىin
سَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis Way
صَفًّۭاṣaffan(in) a row
كَأَنَّهُمka-annahumas if they
بُنْيَـٰنٌۭbun'yānun(were) a structure
مَّرْصُوصٌۭmarṣūṣunjoined firmly

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MadinaThe Virtues of Surat As-SaffImam Ahmad recorded that `Abdullah bin Salam said, "We asked, `Who among us should go to the Messenger ﷺ and ask him about the dearest actions to Allah' None among us volunteered. The Messenger ﷺ sent a man to us and that man gathered us and recited this Surah, Surat As-Saff, in its entirety."'بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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