Surah Al-Ahzab, Ayah 22 (33:22)

ٱلْأَحْزَاب

وَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلْأَحْزَابَ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ …

Quran 33:22 is ayah 22 of Surah Al-Ahzab (“The Combined Forces”), a Medinan surah of 73 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 420 of the Madani Mushaf.

33:22
وَلَمَّارَءَاٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَٱلْأَحْزَابَقَالُوا۟هَٰذَامَاوَعَدَنَاٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥوَصَدَقَٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥ ۚوَمَازَادَهُمْإِلَّآإِيمَٰنًاوَتَسْلِيمًا٢٢
walammā raā l-mu'minūna l-aḥzāba qālū hādhā mā waʿadanā l-lahu warasūluhu waṣadaqa l-lahu warasūluhu wamā zādahum illā īmānan wataslīman

And when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what Allāh and His Messenger had promised us, and Allāh and His Messenger spoke the truth." And it increased them only in faith and acceptance.(22)

Word by word

  1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
  2. رَءَاraāsaw
  3. ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers
  4. ٱلْأَحْزَابَl-aḥzābathe confederates
  5. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
  6. هَٰذَاhādhāThis
  7. مَاmā(is) what
  8. وَعَدَنَاwaʿadanāAllah promised us
  9. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah promised us
  10. وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His Messenger
  11. وَصَدَقَwaṣadaqaand Allah spoke the truth
  12. ٱللَّهُl-lahuand Allah spoke the truth
  13. وَرَسُولُهُۥ ۚwarasūluhuand His Messenger
  14. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  15. زَادَهُمْzādahumit increased them
  16. إِلَّآillāexcept
  17. إِيمَٰنًاīmānan(in) faith
  18. وَتَسْلِيمًاwataslīmanand submission

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