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Surah Ali ’Imran, Verse 123

سورة آل عمران، الآية ١٢٣

3:123 Juz 4 Hizb 7 Page 66 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 3:123

وَلَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِبَدْرٍ وَأَنتُمْ أَذِلَّةٌ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ۝١٢٣

Transliteration

walaqad naṣarakumu l-lahu bibadrin wa-antum adhillatun fa-ittaqū l-laha laʿallakum tashkurūna

Translation

And already had Allāh given you victory at [the battle of] Badr while you were weak [i.e., few in number]. Then fear Allāh; perhaps you will be grateful.

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Verse 123 of Surah Ali ’Imran (3:123), a Medinan surah, is in juz 4, on page 66 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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Tafsir of verse 123

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Allah gave you victory over the idolaters in the Battle of Badr despite your small numbers and resources. Therefore, be Mindful so that you may be thankful for the blessings He has given you.

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Other translations of verse 123

Allah had helped you at Badr when you were weak; then fear Allah so that you may be grateful.

And Allâh has already made you victorious at Badr, when you were a weak little force. So fear Allâh much22 that you may be grateful.

Notes

[22] (V.3:123) i.e. abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden and love Allâh much, perform all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained.

Allah had already given you the victory at Badr, when ye were contemptible. So observe your duty to Allah in order that ye may be thankful.

Allah had helped you at Badr, when ye were a contemptible little force; then fear Allah; thus May ye show your gratitude.

And Allah did certainly assist you at Badr when you were weak; be careful of (your duty to) Allah then, that you may give thanks.

And indeed Allah readily granted you victory at Badr, and you were humble; so be pious to Allah, that possibly you would thank (Him).

Verse 123 word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْ walaqad And certainly
  2. نَصَرَكُمُ naṣarakumu helped you ن ص ر
  3. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  4. بِبَدْرٍ bibadrin in Badr
  5. وَأَنتُمْ wa-antum while you (were)
  6. أَذِلَّةٌ adhillatun weak ذ ل ل
  7. فَٱتَّقُوا۟ fa-ittaqū So fear و ق ي
  8. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  9. لَعَلَّكُمْ laʿallakum so that you may
  10. تَشْكُرُونَ tashkurūna (be) grateful ش ك ر

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Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • At-Tawbah 9:25–27

    لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُم مُّدْبِرِينَ …

    Allāh has already given you victory in many regions and [even] on the day of Ḥunayn, when your great number pleased you, but it did not avail you at all, and the earth was confining for you with [i.e., in spite of] its vastness; then you turned back, fleeing. …

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