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وَإِذْ And when أَخَذْنَا We took مِنَ from ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ the Prophets مِيثَـٰقَهُمْ their Covenant وَمِنكَ and from you وَمِن and from نُّوحٍۢ Nuh وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ and Ibrahim وَمُوسَىٰ and Musa وَعِيسَى and Isa ٱبْنِ son مَرْيَمَ ۖ (of) Maryam وَأَخَذْنَا And We took مِنْهُم from them مِّيثَـٰقًا a covenant غَلِيظًۭا strong ٧

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We took from the prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, the son of Mary; and We took from them a solemn covenant

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لِّيَسْـَٔلَ That He may ask ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ the truthful عَن about صِدْقِهِمْ ۚ their truth وَأَعَدَّ And He has prepared لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ for the disbelievers عَذَابًا a punishment أَلِيمًۭا painful ٨

That He may question the truthful about their truth. And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O you ٱلَّذِينَ who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe ٱذْكُرُوا۟ Remember نِعْمَةَ (the) Favor ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah عَلَيْكُمْ upon you إِذْ when جَآءَتْكُمْ came to you جُنُودٌۭ (the) hosts فَأَرْسَلْنَا and We sent عَلَيْهِمْ upon them رِيحًۭا a wind وَجُنُودًۭا and hosts لَّمْ not تَرَوْهَا ۚ you (could) see them وَكَانَ And Allah is ٱللَّهُ And Allah is بِمَا of what تَعْمَلُونَ you do بَصِيرًا All-Seer ٩

O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allāh upon you when armies came to [attack] you and We sent upon them a wind and armies [of angels] you did not see. And ever is Allāh, of what you do, Seeing.

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إِذْ When جَآءُوكُم they came upon you مِّن from فَوْقِكُمْ above you وَمِنْ and from أَسْفَلَ below مِنكُمْ you وَإِذْ and when زَاغَتِ grew wild ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ the eyes وَبَلَغَتِ and reached ٱلْقُلُوبُ the hearts ٱلْحَنَاجِرَ the throats وَتَظُنُّونَ and you assumed بِٱللَّهِ about Allah ٱلظُّنُونَا۠ the assumptions ١٠

[Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats, and you assumed about Allāh [various] assumptions.

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هُنَالِكَ There ٱبْتُلِىَ were tried ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ the believers وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ and shaken زِلْزَالًۭا (with a) shake شَدِيدًۭا severe ١١

There the believers were tested and shaken with a severe shaking.

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وَإِذْ And when يَقُولُ said ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقُونَ the hypocrites وَٱلَّذِينَ and those فِى in قُلُوبِهِم their hearts مَّرَضٌۭ (was) a disease مَّا Not وَعَدَنَا Allah promised us ٱللَّهُ Allah promised us وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ and His messenger إِلَّا except غُرُورًۭا delusion ١٢

And [remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, "Allāh and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,"

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وَإِذْ And when قَالَت said طَّآئِفَةٌۭ a party مِّنْهُمْ of them يَـٰٓأَهْلَ O People يَثْرِبَ (of) Yathrib لَا No مُقَامَ stand لَكُمْ for you فَٱرْجِعُوا۟ ۚ so return وَيَسْتَـْٔذِنُ And asked permission فَرِيقٌۭ a group مِّنْهُمُ of them ٱلنَّبِىَّ (from) the Prophet يَقُولُونَ saying إِنَّ Indeed بُيُوتَنَا our houses عَوْرَةٌۭ (are) exposed وَمَا and not هِىَ they بِعَوْرَةٍ ۖ (were) exposed إِن Not يُرِيدُونَ they wished إِلَّا but فِرَارًۭا to flee ١٣

And when a faction of them said, "O people of Yathrib, there is no stability for you [here], so return [home]." And a party of them asked permission of the Prophet, saying, "Indeed, our houses are exposed [i.e., unprotected]," while they were not exposed. They did not intend except to flee.

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وَلَوْ And if دُخِلَتْ had been entered عَلَيْهِم upon them مِّنْ from أَقْطَارِهَا all its sides ثُمَّ then سُئِلُوا۟ they had been asked ٱلْفِتْنَةَ the treachery لَـَٔاتَوْهَا they (would) have certainly done it وَمَا and not تَلَبَّثُوا۟ they (would) have hesitated بِهَآ over it إِلَّا except يَسِيرًۭا a little ١٤

And if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah [i.e., disbelief] had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly.

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وَلَقَدْ And certainly كَانُوا۟ they had عَـٰهَدُوا۟ promised ٱللَّهَ Allah مِن before قَبْلُ before لَا not يُوَلُّونَ they would turn ٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَ ۚ their backs وَكَانَ And is عَهْدُ (the) promise ٱللَّهِ (to) Allah مَسْـُٔولًۭا to be questioned ١٥

And they had already promised Allāh before not to turn their backs [i.e., flee]. And ever is the promise to Allāh [that about which one will be] questioned.

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