Quran 3:121 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 121
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], remember when you left your home at dawn to assign battle positions to the believers: God hears and knows everything.
وَإِذْ غَدَوْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ تُبَوِّئُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَقَاعِدَ لِلْقِتَالِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
wa-idh ghadawta min ahlika tubawwi-u l-mu'minīna maqāʿida lil'qitāli wal-lahu samīʿun ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When thou wentest forth at dawn from thy people to lodge the believers in their pitches for the battle -- God is All-hearing, All-knowing --
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [remember, O Prophet, the day] when thou didst set out from thy home at early morn to place the believers in battle array. And God was all-hearing, all-knowing
- Sahih International
- And [remember] when you, [O Muḥammad], left your family in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle [of Uḥud] - and Allāh is Hearing and Knowing -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | غَدَوْتَghadawta | you left early morning | غدو |
| 3 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 4 | أَهْلِكَahlika | your household | أهل |
| 5 | تُبَوِّئُtubawwi-u | to post | بوأ |
| 6 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |
| 7 | مَقَـٰعِدَmaqāʿida | (to take) positions | قعد |
| 8 | لِلْقِتَالِ ۗlil'qitāli | for the battle | قتل |
| 9 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 10 | سَمِيعٌsamīʿun | (is) All-Hearing | سمع |
| 11 | عَلِيمٌʿalīmun | All-Knowing | علم |