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Al-Ahzab 10

Ayah 10 of 73 · Medinan

إِذۡ جَآءُوكُم مِّن فَوۡقِكُمۡ وَمِنۡ أَسۡفَلَ مِنكُمۡ وَإِذۡ زَاغَتِ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ وَبَلَغَتِ ٱلۡقُلُوبُ ٱلۡحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلظُّنُونَا۠ ١٠

[Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats, and you assumed about Allāh [various] assumptions.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِذۡWhenidh
  2. جَآءُوكُمthey came upon youjāūkum
  3. مِّنfrommin
  4. فَوۡقِكُمۡabove youfawqikum
  5. وَمِنۡand fromwamin
  6. أَسۡفَلَbelowasfala
  7. مِنكُمۡyouminkum
  8. وَإِذۡand whenwa-idh
  9. زَاغَتِgrew wildzāghati
  10. ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُthe eyesl-abṣāru
  11. وَبَلَغَتِand reachedwabalaghati
  12. ٱلۡقُلُوبُthe heartsl-qulūbu
  13. ٱلۡحَنَاجِرَthe throatsl-ḥanājira
  14. وَتَظُنُّونَand you assumedwataẓunnūna
  15. بِٱللَّهِabout Allahbil-lahi
  16. ٱلظُّنُونَا۠the assumptionsl-ẓunūnā

Tafsir

And that was when the disbelievers came to you from the top of the valley and from the bottom, from the East and West, when the eyes turned away from everything besides seeing the enemy and the hearts reached the throats due to intense fear. And you were thinking different thoughts regarding Allah. At times you were thinking of help and at time you were thinking of losing hope from Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran