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Al-Ahzab 26

Ayah 26 of 73 · Medinan

وَأَنزَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَٰهَرُوهُم مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مِن صَيَاصِيهِمۡ وَقَذَفَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلرُّعۡبَ فَرِيقٗا تَقۡتُلُونَ وَتَأۡسِرُونَ فَرِيقٗا ٢٦

And He brought down those who supported them among the People of the Scripture1 from their fortresses and cast terror into their hearts [so that] a party [i.e., their men] you killed, and you took captive a party [i.e., the women and children].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The Jews of Banū Quraythah, who had violated their treaty with the Muslims.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَنزَلَAnd He brought downwa-anzala
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. ظَٰهَرُوهُمbacked themẓāharūhum
  4. مِّنۡamongmin
  5. أَهۡلِ(the) Peopleahli
  6. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ(of) the Scripturel-kitābi
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. صَيَاصِيهِمۡtheir fortressesṣayāṣīhim
  9. وَقَذَفَand castwaqadhafa
  10. فِيintofī
  11. قُلُوبِهِمُtheir heartsqulūbihimu
  12. ٱلرُّعۡبَ[the] terrorl-ruʿ'ba
  13. فَرِيقٗاa groupfarīqan
  14. تَقۡتُلُونَyou killedtaqtulūna
  15. وَتَأۡسِرُونَand you took captivewatasirūna
  16. فَرِيقٗاa groupfarīqan

Tafsir

And Allah brought the Jews who helped them down from their fortresses in which they would protect themselves from their enemy, and Allah put fear into their hearts. A group of them you kill, O believers, and a group of them you take as captives.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran