Quran 9:25 — At-Tawba, verse 25
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God has helped you [believers] on many battlefields, even on the day of the Battle of Hunayn. You were well pleased with your large numbers, but they were of no use to you: the earth seemed to close in on you despite its spaciousness, and you turned tail and fled.
لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍ ۙ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ ۙ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنْكُمْ شَيْئًا وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُمْ مُدْبِرِينَ
laqad naṣarakumu l-lahu fī mawāṭina kathīratin wayawma ḥunaynin idh aʿjabatkum kathratukum falam tugh'ni ʿankum shayan waḍāqat ʿalaykumu l-arḍu bimā raḥubat thumma wallaytum mud'birīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God has already helped you on many fields, and on the day of Hunain, when your multitude was pleasing to you, but it availed you naught, and the land for all its breadth was strait for you, and you turned about, retreating.
- Muhammad Asad
- Indeed, God has succoured you on many battlefields, [when you were few;] and [He did so, too,] on the Day of Hunayn, when you took pride in your great numbers and they proved of no avail whatever to you -for the earth, despite all its vastness, became [too] narrow for you and you turned back, retreating:
- Sahih International
- Allāh has already given you victory in many regions and [even] on the day of Ḥunayn, when your great number pleased you, but it did not avail you at all, and the earth was confining for you with [i.e., in spite of] its vastness; then you turned back, fleeing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَقَدْlaqad | Verily | — |
| 2 | نَصَرَكُمُnaṣarakumu | Allah helped you | نصر |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah helped you | أله |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | مَوَاطِنَmawāṭina | regions | وطن |
| 6 | كَثِيرَةٍۢ ۙkathīratin | many | كثر |
| 7 | وَيَوْمَwayawma | and (on the) day | يوم |
| 8 | حُنَيْنٍ ۙḥunaynin | (of) Hunain | — |
| 9 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 10 | أَعْجَبَتْكُمْaʿjabatkum | pleased you | عجب |
| 11 | كَثْرَتُكُمْkathratukum | your multitude | كثر |
| 12 | فَلَمْfalam | but not | — |
| 13 | تُغْنِtugh'ni | availed | غني |
| 14 | عَنكُمْʿankum | you | — |
| 15 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 16 | وَضَاقَتْwaḍāqat | and (was) straitened | ضيق |
| 17 | عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumu | for you | — |
| 18 | ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍu | the earth | أرض |
| 19 | بِمَاbimā | (in spite) of its vastness | — |
| 20 | رَحُبَتْraḥubat | (in spite) of its vastness | رحب |
| 21 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 22 | وَلَّيْتُمwallaytum | you turned back | ولي |
| 23 | مُّدْبِرِينَmud'birīna | fleeing | دبر |