Surah Al-Ahzab 33:26 — translation and meaning

الأحزاب · Verse 26 / 73 · Page 421

وَأَنزَلَ الَّذِينَ ظَاهَرُوهُم مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِن صَيَاصِيهِمْ وَقَذَفَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ فَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَأْسِرُونَ فَرِيقًا

Word by Word

وَأَنزَلَ
wa-anzala
And He brought down
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
ظَاهَرُوهُم
zaharuhum
backed them
مِّنْ
min
among
أَهْلِ
ahli
(the) People
الْكِتَابِ
al-kitabi
(of) the Scripture
مِن
min
from
صَيَاصِيهِمْ
sayasihim
their fortresses
وَقَذَفَ
waqadhafa
and cast
فِي
fi
into
قُلُوبِهِمُ
qulubihimu
their hearts
الرُّعْبَ
al-ru'ba
[the] terror
فَرِيقًا
fariqan
a group
تَقْتُلُونَ
taqtuluna
you killed
وَتَأْسِرُونَ
watasiruna
and you took captive
فَرِيقًا
fariqan
a group

Transliteration

Wa anzalal lazeena zaaha roohum min Ahlil Kitaabi min sa yaaseehim wa qazafa fee quloobihimm mur ru'ba freeqan taqtuloona wa taasiroona fareeqaaa

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (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.

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

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