Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 160 (3:160)

آلِ عِمْرَان

إِن يَنصُرْكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَنصُرُكُم …

Quran 3:160 is ayah 160 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 71 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:160
إِنيَنصُرْكُمُٱللَّهُفَلَاغَالِبَلَكُمْ ۖوَإِنيَخْذُلْكُمْفَمَنذَاٱلَّذِىيَنصُرُكُممِّنۢبَعْدِهِۦ ۗوَعَلَىٱللَّهِفَلْيَتَوَكَّلِٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ١٦٠
in yanṣur'kumu l-lahu falā ghāliba lakum wa-in yakhdhul'kum faman dhā alladhī yanṣurukum min baʿdihi waʿalā l-lahi falyatawakkali l-mu'minūna

If Allāh should aid you, no one can overcome you; but if He should forsake you, who is there that can aid you after Him? And upon Allāh let the believers rely.(160)

Word by word

  1. إِنinIf
  2. يَنصُرْكُمُyanṣur'kumuhelps you
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  4. فَلَاfalāthen not
  5. غَالِبَghāliba(can) overcome
  6. لَكُمْ ۖlakum[for] you
  7. وَإِنwa-inand if
  8. يَخْذُلْكُمْyakhdhul'kumHe forsakes you
  9. فَمَنfamanthen who
  10. ذَاdhā(is)
  11. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
  12. يَنصُرُكُمyanṣurukumcan help you
  13. مِّنۢminfrom
  14. بَعْدِهِۦ ۗbaʿdihiafter Him
  15. وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd on
  16. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  17. فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِfalyatawakkalilet put (their) trust
  18. ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers

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