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Ali 'Imran 173

Ayah 173 of 200 · Medinan

ٱلَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ قَدۡ جَمَعُواْ لَكُمۡ فَٱخۡشَوۡهُمۡ فَزَادَهُمۡ إِيمَٰنٗا وَقَالُواْ حَسۡبُنَا ٱللَّهُ وَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡوَكِيلُ ١٧٣

Those to whom people [i.e., hypocrites] said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them." But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, "Sufficient for us is Allāh, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs."1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The one entrusted and relied upon; sufficient to manage all matters.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱلَّذِينَThose whoalladhīna
  2. قَالَsaidqāla
  3. لَهُمُto themlahumu
  4. ٱلنَّاسُ[the people]l-nāsu
  5. إِنَّIndeedinna
  6. ٱلنَّاسَthe peoplel-nāsa
  7. قَدۡ(have) certainlyqad
  8. جَمَعُواْgatheredjamaʿū
  9. لَكُمۡagainst youlakum
  10. فَٱخۡشَوۡهُمۡso fear themfa-ikh'shawhum
  11. فَزَادَهُمۡBut it increased themfazādahum
  12. إِيمَٰنٗا(in) faithīmānan
  13. وَقَالُواْand they saidwaqālū
  14. حَسۡبُنَاSufficient for usḥasbunā
  15. ٱللَّهُ(is) Allahl-lahu
  16. وَنِعۡمَand (He is the) bestwaniʿ'ma
  17. ٱلۡوَكِيلُ[the] Disposer of affairsl-wakīlu

Tafsir

Some of the idolaters said to them that the Quraysh, led by Abū Sufyān, had come together in great numbers to fight against them and to finish them off, warning them against meeting them. But their words and attempts to scare them only increased their reliance on Allah and their trust in His promise. So they went out to meet them, saying that Allah was enough for them and that He is the best Protector, while committing their lives to Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran