Surah Ali 'Imran 3:166 โ€” translation and meaning

ุขู„ ุนู…ุฑุงู† ยท Verse 166 / 200 ยท Page 72

ูˆูŽู…ูŽุง ุฃูŽุตูŽุงุจูŽูƒูู…ู’ ูŠูŽูˆู’ู…ูŽ ุงู„ู’ุชูŽู‚ูŽู‰ ุงู„ู’ุฌูŽู…ู’ุนูŽุงู†ู ููŽุจูุฅูุฐู’ู†ู ุงู„ู„ู‘ูŽู‡ู ูˆูŽู„ููŠูŽุนู’ู„ูŽู…ูŽ ุงู„ู’ู…ูุคู’ู…ูู†ููŠู†ูŽ

Word by Word

ูˆูŽู…ูŽุง
wama
And what
ุฃูŽุตูŽุงุจูŽูƒูู…ู’
asabakum
struck you
ูŠูŽูˆู’ู…ูŽ
yawma
(on the) day
ุงู„ู’ุชูŽู‚ูŽู‰
al-taqa
(when) met
ุงู„ู’ุฌูŽู…ู’ุนูŽุงู†ู
al-jam'ani
the two hosts
ููŽุจูุฅูุฐู’ู†ู
fabi-idh'ni
by (the) permission
ุงู„ู„ู‘ูŽู‡ู
al-lahi
(of) Allah
ูˆูŽู„ููŠูŽุนู’ู„ูŽู…ูŽ
waliya'lama
and that He (might) make evident
ุงู„ู’ู…ูุคู’ู…ูู†ููŠู†ูŽ
al-mu'minina
the believers

Transliteration

Wa maa asaabakum yawmal taqal jam'aani fabiiznil laahi wa liya'lamal mu'mineen

Translation

And what struck you on the day the two armies met was by permission of Allah that He might make evident the [true] believers.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The death, wounds and defeat you suffered on the day of Uแธฅud, when your army and the army of the idolaters met, was by the permission and decree of Allah, with far-reaching wisdom behind it: to make it clear who truly had faith.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir โ€” Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"And what struck you on the day the two armies met was by permissโ€ฆ" โ€” Ali 'Imran 3:166