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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 40of 129

إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثَانِىَ ٱثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِى ٱلْغَارِ إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَٰحِبِهِۦ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَنَا ۖ فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ وَأَيَّدَهُۥ بِجُنُودٍۢ لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلسُّفْلَىٰ ۗ وَكَلِمَةُ ٱللَّهِ هِىَ ٱلْعُلْيَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ﴿٤٠

Translation (Sahih International)

If you do not aid the Prophet - Allah has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us." And Allah sent down his tranquillity upon him and supported him with angels you did not see and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allah - that is the highest. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

Word-by-word meaning

إِلَّاillāIf not
تَنصُرُوهُtanṣurūhuyou help him
فَقَدْfaqadcertainly
نَصَرَهُnaṣarahuAllah helped him
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah helped him
إِذْidhwhen
أَخْرَجَهُakhrajahudrove him out
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
ثَانِىَthāniyathe second
ٱثْنَيْنِith'nayni(of) the two
إِذْidhwhen
هُمَاhumāthey both
فِى(were) in
ٱلْغَارِl-ghārithe cave
إِذْidhwhen
يَقُولُyaqūluhe said
لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦliṣāḥibihito his companion
لَا(Do) not
تَحْزَنْtaḥzangrieve
إِنَّinnaindeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مَعَنَا ۖmaʿanā(is) with us
فَأَنزَلَfa-anzalaThen Allah sent down
ٱللَّهُl-lahuThen Allah sent down
سَكِينَتَهُۥsakīnatahuHis tranquility
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him
وَأَيَّدَهُۥwa-ayyadahuand supported him
بِجُنُودٍۢbijunūdinwith forces
لَّمْlamwhich you did not see
تَرَوْهَاtarawhāwhich you did not see
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
كَلِمَةَkalimata(the) word
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
ٱلسُّفْلَىٰ ۗl-suf'lāthe lowest
وَكَلِمَةُwakalimatuwhile (the) Word
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
هِىَhiyait (is)
ٱلْعُلْيَا ۗl-ʿul'yāthe highest
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌḥakīmunAll-Wise

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah supports His ProphetAllah said,إِلاَّ تَنصُرُوهُ(If you help him not), if you do not support His Prophet , then it does not matter, for Allah will help, support, suffice and protect him, just as He did,إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ(when the disbelievers drove him out, the second of the two;) During the year of the Hijrah, the idolators tried to kill, imprison or expel the Prophet , who escaped with his friend and Companion, Abu Bakr bin Abi Quhafah, to the cave of T...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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