Quran 42:39 — Ash-Shura, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and defend themselves when they are oppressed.
وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَهُمُ الْبَغْيُ هُمْ يَنْتَصِرُونَ
wa-alladhīna idhā aṣābahumu l-baghyu hum yantaṣirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and who, when insolence visits them, do help themselves --
- Muhammad Asad
- and who, whenever tyranny afflicts them, defend themselves.
- Sahih International
- And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they retaliate [in a just manner].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | إِذَآidhā | when | — |
| 3 | أَصَابَهُمُaṣābahumu | strikes them | صوب |
| 4 | ٱلْبَغْىُl-baghyu | tyranny | بغي |
| 5 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 6 | يَنتَصِرُونَyantaṣirūna | defend themselves | نصر |