Quran 61:14 — As-Saff, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You who believe, be God’s helpers. As Jesus, son of Mary, said to the disciples, ‘Who will come with me to help God?’ The disciples said, ‘We shall be God’s helpers.’ Some of the Children of Israel believed and some disbelieved: We supported the believers against their enemy and they were the ones who came out on top.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا أَنْصَارَ اللَّهِ كَمَا قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ لِلْحَوَارِيِّينَ مَنْ أَنْصَارِي إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ ۖ فَآمَنَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَكَفَرَتْ طَائِفَةٌ ۖ فَأَيَّدْنَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَىٰ عَدُوِّهِمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا ظَاهِرِينَ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū kūnū anṣāra l-lahi kamā qāla ʿīsā ub'nu maryama lil'ḥawāriyyīna man anṣārī ilā l-lahi qāla l-ḥawāriyūna naḥnu anṣāru l-lahi faāmanat ṭāifatun min banī is'rāīla wakafarat ṭāifatun fa-ayyadnā alladhīna āmanū ʿalā ʿaduwwihim fa-aṣbaḥū ẓāhirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, be you God's helpers, as Jesus, Mary's son, said to the Apostles. 'Who will be my helpers unto God?' The Apostles said, 'We will be helpers of God.' And a party of the Children of Israel believed, and a party disbelieved. So We confirmed those who believed against their enemy, and they became masters.
- Muhammad Asad
- O YOU who have attained to faith! Be helpers [in the cause of God - even as Jesus, the son of Mary, said unto the white-garbed ones, "Who will be my helpers in God's cause?" - whereupon the white-garbed [disciples] replied, "We shall be [thy] helpers [in the cause] of God!" And so [it happened that] some of the children of Israel came to believe [in the apostleship of Jesus], whereas others denied the truth. But [now] We have given strength against their foes unto those who have [truly] attained to faith: and they have become the ones that shall prevail.
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, be supporters of Allāh, as when Jesus, the son of Mary, said to the disciples, "Who are my supporters for Allāh?" The disciples said, "We are supporters of Allāh." And a faction of the Children of Israel believed and a faction disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against their enemy, and they became dominant.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 4 | كُونُوٓا۟kūnū | Be | كون |
| 5 | أَنصَارَanṣāra | helpers | نصر |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 7 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 8 | قَالَqāla | said | قول |
| 9 | عِيسَىʿīsā | Isa | — |
| 10 | ٱبْنُub'nu | son | بني |
| 11 | مَرْيَمَmaryama | (of) Maryam | — |
| 12 | لِلْحَوَارِيِّـۧنَlil'ḥawāriyyīna | to the disciples | حور |
| 13 | مَنْman | Who | — |
| 14 | أَنصَارِىٓanṣārī | (are) my helpers | نصر |
| 15 | إِلَىilā | for | — |
| 16 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 17 | قَالَqāla | Said | قول |
| 18 | ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَl-ḥawāriyūna | the disciples | حور |
| 19 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 20 | أَنصَارُanṣāru | (are) the helpers | نصر |
| 21 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 22 | فَـَٔامَنَتfaāmanat | Then believed | أمن |
| 23 | طَّآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatun | a group | طوف |
| 24 | مِّنۢmin | of | — |
| 25 | بَنِىٓbanī | Children | بني |
| 26 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla | (of) Israel | — |
| 27 | وَكَفَرَتwakafarat | and disbelieved | كفر |
| 28 | طَّآئِفَةٌۭ ۖṭāifatun | a group | طوف |
| 29 | فَأَيَّدْنَاfa-ayyadnā | So We supported | أيد |
| 30 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 31 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believed | أمن |
| 32 | عَلَىٰʿalā | against | — |
| 33 | عَدُوِّهِمْʿaduwwihim | their enemy | عدو |
| 34 | فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥū | and they became | صبح |
| 35 | ظَـٰهِرِينَẓāhirīna | dominant | ظهر |