Quran 8:26 — Al-Anfaal, verse 26
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Remember when you were few, victimized in the land, afraid that people might catch you, but God sheltered you and strengthened you with His help, and provided you with good things so that you might be grateful.
وَاذْكُرُوا إِذْ أَنْتُمْ قَلِيلٌ مُسْتَضْعَفُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ تَخَافُونَ أَنْ يَتَخَطَّفَكُمُ النَّاسُ فَآوَاكُمْ وَأَيَّدَكُمْ بِنَصْرِهِ وَرَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
wa-udh'kurū idh antum qalīlun mus'taḍʿafūna fī l-arḍi takhāfūna an yatakhaṭṭafakumu l-nāsu faāwākum wa-ayyadakum binaṣrihi warazaqakum mina l-ṭayibāti laʿallakum tashkurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And remember when you were few and abased in the land, and were fearful that the people would snatch you away; but He gave you refuge, and confirmed you with His help, and provided you with the good things, that haply you might be thankful.
- Muhammad Asad
- And remember the time when you were few [and] helpless on earth, fearful lest people do away with you - whereupon He sheltered you, and strengthened you with His succour, and provided for you sustenance out of the good things of life, so that you might have cause to be grateful.
- Sahih International
- And remember when you were few and oppressed in the land, fearing that people might abduct you, but He sheltered you, supported you with His victory, and provided you with good things - that you might be grateful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟wa-udh'kurū | And remember | ذكر |
| 2 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 3 | أَنتُمْantum | you | — |
| 4 | قَلِيلٌۭqalīlun | (were) few | قلل |
| 5 | مُّسْتَضْعَفُونَmus'taḍʿafūna | (and) deemed weak | ضعف |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 8 | تَخَافُونَtakhāfūna | fearing | خوف |
| 9 | أَنan | that | — |
| 10 | يَتَخَطَّفَكُمُyatakhaṭṭafakumu | might do away with you | خطف |
| 11 | ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu | the men | نوس |
| 12 | فَـَٔاوَىٰكُمْfaāwākum | then He sheltered you | أوي |
| 13 | وَأَيَّدَكُمwa-ayyadakum | and strengthened you | أيد |
| 14 | بِنَصْرِهِۦbinaṣrihi | with His help | نصر |
| 15 | وَرَزَقَكُمwarazaqakum | and provided you | رزق |
| 16 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 17 | ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibāti | the good things | طيب |
| 18 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 19 | تَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna | (be) thankful | شكر |