Quran 9:40 — At-Tawba, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Even if you do not help the Prophet, God helped him when the disbelievers drove him out: when the two of them were in the cave, he [Muhammad] said to his companion, ‘Do not worry, God is with us,’ and God sent His calm down to him, aided him with forces invisible to you, and brought down the disbelievers’ plan. God’s plan is higher: God is almighty and wise.
إِلَّا تَنْصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَارِ إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَاحِبِهِ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا ۖ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَيَّدَهُ بِجُنُودٍ لَمْ تَرَوْهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا السُّفْلَىٰ ۗ وَكَلِمَةُ اللَّهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
illā tanṣurūhu faqad naṣarahu l-lahu idh akhrajahu alladhīna kafarū thāniya ith'nayni idh humā fī l-ghāri idh yaqūlu liṣāḥibihi lā taḥzan inna l-laha maʿanā fa-anzala l-lahu sakīnatahu ʿalayhi wa-ayyadahu bijunūdin lam tarawhā wajaʿala kalimata alladhīna kafarū l-suf'lā wakalimatu l-lahi hiya l-ʿul'yā wal-lahu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If you do not help him, yet God has helped him already, when the unbelievers drove him forth the second of two, when the two were in the Cave, when he said to his companion, 'Sorrow not; surely God is with us.' Then God sent down on him His Shechina, and confirmed him with legions you did not see; and He made the word of the unbelievers the lowest; and God's word is the uppermost; God is All-mighty, All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- If you do not succour the Apostle, then [know that God will do so -just as] God succoured him at the time when those who were bent on denying the truth drove him away, [and he was but] one of two: when these two were [hiding] in the cave, [and] the Apostle said to his companion, "Grieve not: verily, God is with us." And thereupon God bestowed upon him from on high His (gift of] inner peace, and brought utterly low the cause of those who were bent on denying the truth, whereas the cause of God remained supreme: for God is almighty, wise.
- Sahih International
- If you do not aid him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] - Allāh has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allāh is with us." And Allāh sent down His tranquility upon him and supported him with soldiers [i.e., angels] you did not see and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allāh - that is the highest. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَّاillā | If not | — |
| 2 | تَنصُرُوهُtanṣurūhu | you help him | نصر |
| 3 | فَقَدْfaqad | certainly | — |
| 4 | نَصَرَهُnaṣarahu | Allah helped him | نصر |
| 5 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah helped him | أله |
| 6 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 7 | أَخْرَجَهُakhrajahu | drove him out | خرج |
| 8 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 9 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 10 | ثَانِىَthāniya | the second | ثني |
| 11 | ٱثْنَيْنِith'nayni | (of) the two | ثني |
| 12 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 13 | هُمَاhumā | they both | — |
| 14 | فِىfī | (were) in | — |
| 15 | ٱلْغَارِl-ghāri | the cave | غور |
| 16 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 17 | يَقُولُyaqūlu | he said | قول |
| 18 | لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦliṣāḥibihi | to his companion | صحب |
| 19 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 20 | تَحْزَنْtaḥzan | grieve | حزن |
| 21 | إِنَّinna | indeed | — |
| 22 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 23 | مَعَنَا ۖmaʿanā | (is) with us | — |
| 24 | فَأَنزَلَfa-anzala | Then Allah sent down | نزل |
| 25 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Then Allah sent down | أله |
| 26 | سَكِينَتَهُۥsakīnatahu | His tranquility | سكن |
| 27 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | upon him | — |
| 28 | وَأَيَّدَهُۥwa-ayyadahu | and supported him | أيد |
| 29 | بِجُنُودٍۢbijunūdin | with forces | جند |
| 30 | لَّمْlam | which you did not see | — |
| 31 | تَرَوْهَاtarawhā | which you did not see | رأي |
| 32 | وَجَعَلَwajaʿala | and made | جعل |
| 33 | كَلِمَةَkalimata | (the) word | كلم |
| 34 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 35 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 36 | ٱلسُّفْلَىٰ ۗl-suf'lā | the lowest | سفل |
| 37 | وَكَلِمَةُwakalimatu | while (the) Word | كلم |
| 38 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 39 | هِىَhiya | it (is) | — |
| 40 | ٱلْعُلْيَا ۗl-ʿul'yā | the highest | علو |
| 41 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 42 | عَزِيزٌʿazīzun | (is) All-Mighty | عزز |
| 43 | حَكِيمٌḥakīmun | All-Wise | حكم |