Quran 3:166 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 166
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
what befell you on the day the two armies met in battle happened with God’s permission and in order for Him to see who were the true believers and who were the hypocrites who,
وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
wamā aṣābakum yawma l-taqā l-jamʿāni fabi-idh'ni l-lahi waliyaʿlama l-mu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And what visited you, the day the two hosts encountered, was by God's leave, and that He might know the believers;
- Muhammad Asad
- and all that befell you on the day when the two hosts met in battle happened by God's leave, so that He might mark out the [true] believers,
- Sahih International
- And what struck you on the day the two armies met [at Uḥud] was by permission of Allāh that He might make evident the [true] believers
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And what | — |
| 2 | أَصَـٰبَكُمْaṣābakum | struck you | صوب |
| 3 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) day | يوم |
| 4 | ٱلْتَقَىl-taqā | (when) met | لقي |
| 5 | ٱلْجَمْعَانِl-jamʿāni | the two hosts | جمع |
| 6 | فَبِإِذْنِfabi-idh'ni | (was) by (the) permission | أذن |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 8 | وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlama | and that He (might) make evident | علم |
| 9 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |