Surah 3. Al-i'Imran, Ayah 165
| أَوَلَمَّا أَصَابَتْكُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ مِثْلَيْهَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَّىٰ هَٰذَا ۖ قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَنْفُسِكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ |
| Transliteration | : | 'a- wa- lammaa as.aabat -kum mus.ebah qad as.abtum mithlai -haa qultum 'annaa haadhaa qul huwa min cindi anfus -kum 'inna 'allaah calaa kull shay' qader |
| Pickthall | : | And was it so, when a disaster smote you, though ye had smitten (them with a disaster) twice (as great), that ye said: How is this? Say (unto them, O Muhammad): It is from yourselves. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things. |
| Asad | : | AND DO YOU, now that a calamity has befallen you after you had inflicted twice as much [on your foes],126 ask yourselves, "How has this come about?" Say: "It has come from your own selves."127 Verily, God has the power to will anything: |
| Malik | : | How is it that when you are afflicted with a loss, after you yourselves had inflicted losses twice as heavy upon your enemy in the battle of Badr, you exclaimed: "Whose fault was that?" Say to them: "It was your own fault," Allah has power over everything. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | What! when a single disaster smites you although ye smote (your enemies) with one twice as great do ye say? "Whence is this?" Say (to them): "It is from yourselves: for Allah hath power over all things." 474 |
Note - 126I.e., at the battle of Badr, in the year 2 H.
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Note - 127Many of the followers of the Prophet had been convinced
that, whatever the circumstances, God would grant them
victory on account of their faith alone. The bitter
experience at Uhud came as a shock to them; and so the
Qur'an reminds them that this calamity was a consequence
of their own doings.
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Note - 474If Uhud was a reverse to the Muslims, they had inflicted
a reverse twice as great on the Makkans at Badr. This
reverse was not without Allah's permission, for He wanted
to test and purify the faith of those who followed Islam,
and to show them that they must strive and do all in
their power to deserve Allah's help. If they disobeyed
orders and neglected discipline, they must attribute the
disaster to themselves and not to Allah.
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Many of the followers of the Prophet had been convinced that, whatever the circumstances, God would grant them victory on account of their faith alone. The bitter experience at Uhud came as a shock to them; and so the Qur'an reminds them that this calamity was a consequence of their own doings. |
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If Uhud was a reverse to the Muslims, they had inflicted a reverse twice as great on the Makkans at Badr. This reverse was not without Allah's permission, for He wanted to test and purify the faith of those who followed Islam, and to show them that they must strive and do all in their power to deserve Allah's help. If they disobeyed orders and neglected discipline, they must attribute the disaster to themselves and not to Allah. |
