Quran 33:10 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They massed against you from above and below; your eyes rolled [with fear], your hearts rose into your throats, and you thought [ill] thoughts of God.
إِذْ جَاءُوكُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتِ الْأَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللَّهِ الظُّنُونَا
idh jāūkum min fawqikum wamin asfala minkum wa-idh zāghati l-abṣāru wabalaghati l-qulūbu l-ḥanājira wataẓunnūna bil-lahi l-ẓunūnā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When they came against you from above you and from below you, and when your eyes swerved and your hearts reached your throats, while you thought thoughts about God;
- Muhammad Asad
- [Remember what you felt] when they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when [your] eyes became dim and [your] hearts came up to [your] throats, and [when] most conflicting thoughts about God passed through your minds:
- Sahih International
- [Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats, and you assumed about Allāh [various] assumptions.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | جَآءُوكُمjāūkum | they came upon you | جيأ |
| 3 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 4 | فَوْقِكُمْfawqikum | above you | فوق |
| 5 | وَمِنْwamin | and from | — |
| 6 | أَسْفَلَasfala | below | سفل |
| 7 | مِنكُمْminkum | you | — |
| 8 | وَإِذْwa-idh | and when | — |
| 9 | زَاغَتِzāghati | grew wild | زيغ |
| 10 | ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُl-abṣāru | the eyes | بصر |
| 11 | وَبَلَغَتِwabalaghati | and reached | بلغ |
| 12 | ٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbu | the hearts | قلب |
| 13 | ٱلْحَنَاجِرَl-ḥanājira | the throats | حنجر |
| 14 | وَتَظُنُّونَwataẓunnūna | and you assumed | ظنن |
| 15 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | about Allah | أله |
| 16 | ٱلظُّنُونَا۠l-ẓunūnā | the assumptions | ظنن |