Surah Ali 'Imran 3:166 — translation and meaning
آل عمران · Verse 166 / 200 · Page 72
وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Word by Word
وَمَا
wama
And what
أَصَابَكُمْ
asabakum
struck you
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) day
الْتَقَى
al-taqa
(when) met
الْجَمْعَانِ
al-jam'ani
the two hosts
فَبِإِذْنِ
fabi-idh'ni
by (the) permission
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
وَلِيَعْلَمَ
waliya'lama
and that He (might) make evident
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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 Uḥud, 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 — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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