Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 26 (9:26)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَنزَلَ جُنُودًا لَّمْ …

Quran 9:26 is ayah 26 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 190 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:26
ثُمَّأَنزَلَٱللَّهُسَكِينَتَهُۥعَلَىٰرَسُولِهِۦوَعَلَىٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَأَنزَلَجُنُودًالَّمْتَرَوْهَاوَعَذَّبَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ ۚوَذَٰلِكَجَزَآءُٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ٢٦
thumma anzala l-lahu sakīnatahu ʿalā rasūlihi waʿalā l-mu'minīna wa-anzala junūdan lam tarawhā waʿadhaba alladhīna kafarū wadhālika jazāu l-kāfirīna

Then Allāh sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers and sent down soldiers [i.e., angels] whom you did not see and punished those who disbelieved. And that is the recompense of the disbelievers.(26)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. أَنزَلَanzalaAllah sent down
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah sent down
  4. سَكِينَتَهُۥsakīnatahuHis tranquility
  5. عَلَىٰʿalāon
  6. رَسُولِهِۦrasūlihiHis Messenger
  7. وَعَلَىwaʿalāand on
  8. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
  9. وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaand sent down
  10. جُنُودًاjunūdanforces
  11. لَّمْlamwhich you did not see
  12. تَرَوْهَاtarawhāwhich you did not see
  13. وَعَذَّبَwaʿadhabaand He punished
  14. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  15. كَفَرُوا۟ ۚkafarūdisbelieved
  16. وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaAnd that
  17. جَزَآءُjazāu(is) the recompense
  18. ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers

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