Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 173 (3:173)

آلِ عِمْرَان

ٱلَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ …

Quran 3:173 is ayah 173 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.

3:173
ٱلَّذِينَقَالَلَهُمُٱلنَّاسُإِنَّٱلنَّاسَقَدْجَمَعُوا۟لَكُمْفَٱخْشَوْهُمْفَزَادَهُمْإِيمَٰنًاوَقَالُوا۟حَسْبُنَاٱللَّهُوَنِعْمَٱلْوَكِيلُ١٧٣
alladhīna qāla lahumu l-nāsu inna l-nāsa qad jamaʿū lakum fa-ikh'shawhum fazādahum īmānan waqālū ḥasbunā l-lahu waniʿ'ma l-wakīlu

Those to whom people [i.e., hypocrites] said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them." But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, "Sufficient for us is Allāh, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs."(173)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
  2. قَالَqālasaid
  3. لَهُمُlahumuto them
  4. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the people]
  5. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  6. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people
  7. قَدْqad(have) certainly
  8. جَمَعُوا۟jamaʿūgathered
  9. لَكُمْlakumagainst you
  10. فَٱخْشَوْهُمْfa-ikh'shawhumso fear them
  11. فَزَادَهُمْfazādahumBut it increased them
  12. إِيمَٰنًاīmānan(in) faith
  13. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said
  14. حَسْبُنَاḥasbunāSufficient for us
  15. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
  16. وَنِعْمَwaniʿ'maand (He is the) best
  17. ٱلْوَكِيلُl-wakīlu[the] Disposer of affairs

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