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Ali 'Imran 166

Ayah 166 of 200 · Medinan

وَمَآ أَصَٰبَكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ فَبِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيَعۡلَمَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٦٦

And what struck you on the day the two armies met [at Uḥud] was by permission of Allāh that He might make evident the [true] believers

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَآAnd whatwamā
  2. أَصَٰبَكُمۡstruck youaṣābakum
  3. يَوۡمَ(on the) dayyawma
  4. ٱلۡتَقَى(when) metl-taqā
  5. ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِthe two hostsl-jamʿāni
  6. فَبِإِذۡنِ(was) by (the) permissionfabi-idh'ni
  7. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  8. وَلِيَعۡلَمَand that He (might) make evidentwaliyaʿlama
  9. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَthe believersl-mu'minīna

Tafsir

The death, wounds and defeat you suffered on the day of Uḥud, when your army and the army of the idolaters met, was by the permission and decree of Allah, with far-reaching wisdom behind it: to make it clear who truly had faith.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran