Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 66 (8:66)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

ٱلَْٰٔنَ خَفَّفَ ٱللَّهُ عَنكُمْ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ ضَعْفًا ۚ فَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُم مِّا۟ئَةٌ صَابِرَةٌ …

Quran 8:66 is ayah 66 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.

8:66
ٱلَْٰٔنَخَفَّفَٱللَّهُعَنكُمْوَعَلِمَأَنَّفِيكُمْضَعْفًا ۚفَإِنيَكُنمِّنكُممِّا۟ئَةٌصَابِرَةٌيَغْلِبُوا۟مِا۟ئَتَيْنِ ۚوَإِنيَكُنمِّنكُمْأَلْفٌيَغْلِبُوٓا۟أَلْفَيْنِبِإِذْنِٱللَّهِ ۗوَٱللَّهُمَعَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ٦٦
al-āna khaffafa l-lahu ʿankum waʿalima anna fīkum ḍaʿfan fa-in yakun minkum mi-atun ṣābiratun yaghlibū mi-atayni wa-in yakun minkum alfun yaghlibū alfayni bi-idh'ni l-lahi wal-lahu maʿa l-ṣābirīna

Now, Allāh has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allāh. And Allāh is with the steadfast.(66)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَْٰٔنَal-ānaNow
  2. خَفَّفَkhaffafahas (been) lightened
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
  4. عَنكُمْʿankumfor you
  5. وَعَلِمَwaʿalimaand He knows
  6. أَنَّannathat
  7. فِيكُمْfīkumin you
  8. ضَعْفًا ۚḍaʿfan(there) is weakness
  9. فَإِنfa-inSo if
  10. يَكُنyakun(there) are
  11. مِّنكُمminkumamong you
  12. مِّا۟ئَةٌmi-atuna hundred
  13. صَابِرَةٌṣābiratunsteadfast
  14. يَغْلِبُوا۟yaghlibūthey will overcome
  15. مِا۟ئَتَيْنِ ۚmi-ataynitwo hundred
  16. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  17. يَكُنyakun(there) are
  18. مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
  19. أَلْفٌalfuna thousand
  20. يَغْلِبُوٓا۟yaghlibūthey will overcome
  21. أَلْفَيْنِalfaynitwo thousand
  22. بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niwith (the) permission
  23. ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah
  24. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  25. مَعَmaʿa(is) with
  26. ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīnathe steadfast

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