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Surah Ali ’Imran, Verse 121

سورة آل عمران، الآية ١٢١

3:121 Juz 4 Hizb 7 Page 65 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 3:121

وَإِذْ غَدَوْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ تُبَوِّئُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَقَٰعِدَ لِلْقِتَالِ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ۝١٢١

Transliteration

wa-idh ghadawta min ahlika tubawwi-u l-mu'minīna maqāʿida lil'qitāli wal-lahu samīʿun ʿalīmun

Translation

And [remember] when you, [O Muḥammad], left your family in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle [of Uḥud] - and Allāh is Hearing and Knowing -

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Verse 121 of Surah Ali ’Imran (3:121), a Medinan surah, is in juz 4, on page 65 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.

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Remember, O Prophet, when some of the believers disobeyed the instruction of Allah and His Messenger, and this happened when you left Medina to fight the idolaters in the Battle of Uḥud, after you had posted the believers in their places for battle, and their positions were clear. Allah hears whatever you say and knows whatever you do.

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Other translations of verse 121

And [remember] when you left your home in the morning to position the believers for the battle [of ’Uhud]; and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

And (remember) when you (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) left your household in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle (of Uhud). And Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower.

And when thou settedst forth at daybreak from thy housefolk to assign to the believers their positions for the battle, Allah was Hearer, Knower.

Remember that morning Thou didst leave Thy household (early) to post the faithful at their stations for battle: And Allah heareth and knoweth all things:

And when you did go forth early in the morning from your family to lodge the believers in encampments for war and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.

And (remember) as you went forth early from your family to locate the believers in their positions (Literally: seats) for fighting; (The reference is to the Battle of' Uhud) and Allah is Ever-Hearing, Ever-Knowing.

Verse 121 word by word

  1. وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
  2. غَدَوْتَ ghadawta you left early morning غ د و
  3. مِنْ min from
  4. أَهْلِكَ ahlika your household أ ه ل
  5. تُبَوِّئُ tubawwi-u to post ب و أ
  6. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ l-mu'minīna the believers أ م ن
  7. مَقَٰعِدَ maqāʿida (to take) positions ق ع د
  8. لِلْقِتَالِ lil'qitāli for the battle ق ت ل
  9. وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
  10. سَمِيعٌ samīʿun (is) All-Hearing س م ع
  11. عَلِيمٌ ʿalīmun All-Knowing ع ل م

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