Surah 8. Al-Anfal, Ayah 10
| وَمَا جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بُشْرَىٰ وَلِتَطْمَئِنَّ بِهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ ۚ وَمَا النَّصْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ |
| Asad | : | And God ordained this only as a glad tiding, and that your hearts should thereby be set at rest - since no succour can come from any save God: verily, God is almighty, wise!10 |
| Malik | : | By this good news, Allah sought to comfort your heart, for victory comes only from Allah; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise. |
| Pickthall | : | Allah appointed it only as good tidings, and that your hearts thereby might be at rest. Victory cometh only by the help of Allah. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Allah made it but a message of hope and an assurance to your heart: (in any case) there is no help except from Allah: and Allah is exalted in power wise. 1185 |
| Transliteration | : | wa- maa jacala -hu 'allaah 'illaa bushraa wa- li- tat.ma'inn bi- -hi qulob -kum wa- maa an- nas.r 'illaa min cindi 'allaah 'inna 'allaah cazez h.akem |
Note - 10"On the day of the battle of Badr, the Prophet looked at
his followers, who were three hundred and odd men, and he
looked at those who were ascribing divinity to beings
other than God: and lo, they were more than one thousand.
Thereupon God's Prophet turned towards the qiblah, raised
his hands and thus implored his Sustainer: 'O God! Fulfil
what Thou hast promised me! O God! If this little band of
those who have surrendered themselves unto Thee is
destroyed, Thou wilt not be worshipped on earth...'."
This authentic Tradition, quoted by Muslim, Abu Da'ud,
Tirmidhi, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, etc., appears also in a very
similar version in Bukhari's Sahih. It is said that the
above Our'an-verse was revealed in response to the
Prophet's prayer - whereupon he recited another, much
earlier verse (54:45): "The hosts shall be routed, and
shall turn their backs [in flight]" (Bukhari). - As
regards the promise of aid through thousands of angels,
see {3:124-125}, where a similar promise - made on the
occasion of the battle of Uhud - is said to have been
uttered by the Prophet and thus, by implication,
confirmed by God. The spiritual nature of this angelic
aid is clearly expressed by the words, "and God ordained
this only as a glad tiding...", etc. (See also surah {3},
notes [93] and [94].)
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Note - 1185All help comes ultimately from Allah. In special cases it
may take special forms to put heart into us, and to fit
in with our feelings and our psychology.
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"On the day of the battle of Badr, the Prophet looked at his followers, who were three hundred and odd men, and he looked at those who were ascribing divinity to beings other than God: and lo, they were more than one thousand. Thereupon God's Prophet turned towards the qiblah, raised his hands and thus implored his Sustainer: 'O God! Fulfil what Thou hast promised me! O God! If this little band of those who have surrendered themselves unto Thee is destroyed, Thou wilt not be worshipped on earth...'." This authentic Tradition, quoted by Muslim, Abu Da'ud, Tirmidhi, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, etc., appears also in a very similar version in Bukhari's Sahih. It is said that the above Our'an-verse was revealed in response to the Prophet's prayer - whereupon he recited another, much earlier verse (54:45): "The hosts shall be routed, and shall turn their backs [in flight]" (Bukhari). - As regards the promise of aid through thousands of angels, see {3:124-125}, where a similar promise - made on the occasion of the battle of Uhud - is said to have been uttered by the Prophet and thus, by implication, confirmed by God. The spiritual nature of this angelic aid is clearly expressed by the words, "and God ordained this only as a glad tiding...", etc. (See also surah {3}, notes [93] and [94].) |
