Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 65 (8:65)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ حَرِّضِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى ٱلْقِتَالِ ۚ إِن يَكُن مِّنكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَٰبِرُونَ …

Quran 8:65 is ayah 65 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 185 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:65
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّبِىُّحَرِّضِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَعَلَىٱلْقِتَالِ ۚإِنيَكُنمِّنكُمْعِشْرُونَصَٰبِرُونَيَغْلِبُوا۟مِا۟ئَتَيْنِ ۚوَإِنيَكُنمِّنكُممِّا۟ئَةٌيَغْلِبُوٓا۟أَلْفًامِّنَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بِأَنَّهُمْقَوْمٌلَّايَفْقَهُونَ٦٥
yāayyuhā l-nabiyu ḥarriḍi l-mu'minīna ʿalā l-qitāli in yakun minkum ʿish'rūna ṣābirūna yaghlibū mi-atayni wa-in yakun minkum mi-atun yaghlibū alfan mina alladhīna kafarū bi-annahum qawmun lā yafqahūna

O Prophet, urge the believers to battle. If there are among you twenty [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you one hundred [who are steadfast], they will overcome a thousand of those who have disbelieved because they are a people who do not understand.(65)

Word by word

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
  2. ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyuProphet
  3. حَرِّضِḥarriḍiUrge
  4. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
  5. عَلَىʿalāto
  6. ٱلْقِتَالِ ۚl-qitāli[the] fight
  7. إِنinIf
  8. يَكُنyakun(there) are
  9. مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
  10. عِشْرُونَʿish'rūnatwenty
  11. صَٰبِرُونَṣābirūnasteadfast
  12. يَغْلِبُوا۟yaghlibūthey will overcome
  13. مِا۟ئَتَيْنِ ۚmi-ataynitwo hundred
  14. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  15. يَكُنyakun(there) are
  16. مِّنكُمminkumamong you
  17. مِّا۟ئَةٌmi-atuna hundred
  18. يَغْلِبُوٓا۟yaghlibūthey will overcome
  19. أَلْفًاalfana thousand
  20. مِّنَminaof
  21. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  22. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
  23. بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they
  24. قَوْمٌqawmun(are) a people
  25. لَّاlā(who do) not
  26. يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnaunderstand

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