Surah Al-Ahzab 33:22 — translation and meaning

الأحزاب · Verse 22 / 73 · Page 420

ۚ وَلَمَّا رَأَى الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْأَحْزَابَ قَالُوا هَذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَصَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَمَا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّا إِيمَانًا وَتَسْلِيمًا

Word by Word

ۚ
وَلَمَّا
walamma
And when
رَأَى
raa
saw
الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
al-mu'minuna
the believers
الْأَحْزَابَ
al-ahzaba
the confederates
قَالُوا
qalu
they said
هَذَا
hadha
This
مَا
ma
(is) what
وَعَدَنَا
wa'adana
Allah promised us
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah promised us
وَرَسُولُهُ
warasuluhu
and His Messenger
وَصَدَقَ
wasadaqa
and Allah spoke the truth
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
and Allah spoke the truth
وَرَسُولُهُ
warasuluhu
and His Messenger
وَمَا
wama
And not
زَادَهُمْ
zadahum
it increased them
إِلَّا
illa
except
إِيمَانًا
imanan
(in) faith
وَتَسْلِيمًا
watasliman
and submission

Transliteration

Wa lammaa ra al mu'minoonal Ahzaaba qaaloo haaza maa wa'adanal laahu wa Rasooluh; wa maa zaadahum illaaa eemaananw wa tasleemaa

Translation

And when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth." And it increased them only in faith and acceptance.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When the believers saw the companies which had gathered to fight them, they said: “This is the test, tribulation and help Allah and His Messenger promised us, and Allah and His Messenger were true in this, for it has occurred”. And seeing the companies did not increase them except in faith and submission to Him.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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