Quran 8:43 — Al-Anfaal, verse 43
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], remember when God made you see them in your sleep as few: if He had shown them to you [believers] as many, you would certainly have lost heart and argued about it, but God saved you. He knows the secrets of the heart.
إِذْ يُرِيكَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي مَنَامِكَ قَلِيلًا ۖ وَلَوْ أَرَاكَهُمْ كَثِيرًا لَفَشِلْتُمْ وَلَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ سَلَّمَ ۗ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
idh yurīkahumu l-lahu fī manāmika qalīlan walaw arākahum kathīran lafashil'tum walatanāzaʿtum fī l-amri walākinna l-laha sallama innahu ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When God showed thee them in thy dream as few; and had He shown them as many you would have lost heart, and quarrelled about the matter; but God saved; He knows the thoughts in the breasts.
- Muhammad Asad
- Lo! God showed them to thee in a dream as few: for, had He shown them to you as many, you would surely have lost heart, and would surely have disagreed with one another about what to do. But God saved [you from this]: verily, He has full knowledge of what is the hearts [of men].
- Sahih International
- [Remember, O Muḥammad], when Allāh showed them to you in your dream as few; and if He had shown them to you as many, you [believers] would have lost courage and would have disputed in the matter [of whether to fight], but Allāh saved [you from that]. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | يُرِيكَهُمُyurīkahumu | you (where) shown them | رأي |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | مَنَامِكَmanāmika | your dream | نوم |
| 6 | قَلِيلًۭا ۖqalīlan | (as) few | قلل |
| 7 | وَلَوْwalaw | and if | — |
| 8 | أَرَىٰكَهُمْarākahum | He had shown them to you | رأي |
| 9 | كَثِيرًۭاkathīran | (as) many | كثر |
| 10 | لَّفَشِلْتُمْlafashil'tum | surely you would have lost courage | فشل |
| 11 | وَلَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْwalatanāzaʿtum | and surely you would have disputed | نزع |
| 12 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 13 | ٱلْأَمْرِl-amri | the matter | أمر |
| 14 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 15 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 16 | سَلَّمَ ۗsallama | saved (you) | سلم |
| 17 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 18 | عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |
| 19 | بِذَاتِbidhāti | of what is in | — |
| 20 | ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri | the breasts | صدر |