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Al-Anfal 26

Ayah 26 of 75 · Medinan

وَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْ إِذۡ أَنتُمۡ قَلِيلٞ مُّسۡتَضۡعَفُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ تَخَافُونَ أَن يَتَخَطَّفَكُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ فَـَٔاوَىٰكُمۡ وَأَيَّدَكُم بِنَصۡرِهِۦ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ٢٦

And remember when you were few and oppressed in the land, fearing that people might abduct you, but He sheltered you, supported you with His victory, and provided you with good things - that you might be grateful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱذۡكُرُوٓاْAnd rememberwa-udh'kurū
  2. إِذۡwhenidh
  3. أَنتُمۡyouantum
  4. قَلِيلٞ(were) fewqalīlun
  5. مُّسۡتَضۡعَفُونَ(and) deemed weakmus'taḍʿafūna
  6. فِيinfī
  7. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  8. تَخَافُونَfearingtakhāfūna
  9. أَنthatan
  10. يَتَخَطَّفَكُمُmight do away with youyatakhaṭṭafakumu
  11. ٱلنَّاسُthe menl-nāsu
  12. فَـَٔاوَىٰكُمۡthen He sheltered youfaāwākum
  13. وَأَيَّدَكُمand strengthened youwa-ayyadakum
  14. بِنَصۡرِهِۦwith His helpbinaṣrihi
  15. وَرَزَقَكُمand provided youwarazaqakum
  16. مِّنَofmina
  17. ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِthe good thingsl-ṭayibāti
  18. لَعَلَّكُمۡso that you maylaʿallakum
  19. تَشۡكُرُونَ(be) thankfultashkurūna

Tafsir

Remember when the believers were in Makkah, and they were few, and the people of Makkah considered them to be weak and overpowered them. They were scared that their enemies would capture them; but Allah brought them together to a safe place, which was Medina, and made them strong, helping them against their enemies on the battlefields, for example at Badr, and giving them good things, among them the war gains they got from their enemies. This was all so that they might be thankful to Allah for His blessings, that He might increase them, and for them not to be ungrateful so that He removes the blessings from them and punishes them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran