Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 166 (3:166)

آلِ عِمْرَان

وَمَآ أَصَٰبَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Quran 3:166 is ayah 166 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 72 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:166
وَمَآأَصَٰبَكُمْيَوْمَٱلْتَقَىٱلْجَمْعَانِفَبِإِذْنِٱللَّهِوَلِيَعْلَمَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ١٦٦
wamā aṣābakum yawma l-taqā l-jamʿāni fabi-idh'ni l-lahi waliyaʿlama l-mu'minīna

And what struck you on the day the two armies met [at Uḥud] was by permission of Allāh that He might make evident the [true] believers(166)

Word by word

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd what
  2. أَصَٰبَكُمْaṣābakumstruck you
  3. يَوْمَyawma(on the) day
  4. ٱلْتَقَىl-taqā(when) met
  5. ٱلْجَمْعَانِl-jamʿānithe two hosts
  6. فَبِإِذْنِfabi-idh'ni(was) by (the) permission
  7. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  8. وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlamaand that He (might) make evident
  9. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers

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