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Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 10

سورة الأحزاب، الآية ١٠

33:10 Juz 21 Hizb 42 Page 419 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 33:10

إِذْ جَآءُوكُم مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتِ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ وَبَلَغَتِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ ٱلْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلظُّنُونَا۠ ۝١٠

Transliteration

idh jāūkum min fawqikum wamin asfala minkum wa-idh zāghati l-abṣāru wabalaghati l-qulūbu l-ḥanājira wataẓunnūna bil-lahi l-ẓunūnā

Translation

[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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Verse 10 of Surah Al-Ahzab (33:10), a Medinan surah, is in juz 21, on page 419 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 10

Al-Mukhtasar

And that was when the disbelievers came to you from the top of the valley and from the bottom, from the East and West, when the eyes turned away from everything besides seeing the enemy and the hearts reached the throats due to intense fear. And you were thinking different thoughts regarding Allah. At times you were thinking of help and at time you were thinking of losing hope from Him.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Ahzab

Other translations of verse 10

[Remember] when they came upon you from above you and from below you9, and your eyes grew wild [in horror], and the hearts reached the throats, and you began to entertain various thoughts about Allah10.

Notes

[9] i.e., those coming from Najd and Khaybar came from above and those coming from Makkah came from below you.
[10] i.e., sometimes expecting victory and other times going desperate.

When they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when the eyes grew wild and the hearts reached to the throats, and you were harbouring doubts about Allâh.

When they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when eyes grew wild and hearts reached to the throats, and ye were imagining vain thoughts concerning Allah.

Behold! they came on you from above you and from below you, and behold, the eyes became dim and the hearts gaped up to the throats, and ye imagined various (vain) thoughts about Allah!

When they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when the eyes turned dull, and the hearts rose up to the throats, and you began to think diverse thoughts of Allah.

As they came against you from above you and from below you, and as beholdings swerved and hearts reached to the larynxes; and you surmised vain surmises about Allah.

Verse 10 word by word

  1. إِذْ idh When
  2. جَآءُوكُم jāūkum they came upon you ج ي أ
  3. مِّن min from
  4. فَوْقِكُمْ fawqikum above you ف و ق
  5. وَمِنْ wamin and from
  6. أَسْفَلَ asfala below س ف ل
  7. مِنكُمْ minkum you
  8. وَإِذْ wa-idh and when
  9. زَاغَتِ zāghati grew wild ز ي غ
  10. ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ l-abṣāru the eyes ب ص ر
  11. وَبَلَغَتِ wabalaghati and reached ب ل غ
  12. ٱلْقُلُوبُ l-qulūbu the hearts ق ل ب
  13. ٱلْحَنَاجِرَ l-ḥanājira the throats ح ن ج ر
  14. وَتَظُنُّونَ wataẓunnūna and you assumed ظ ن ن
  15. بِٱللَّهِ bil-lahi about Allah
  16. ٱلظُّنُونَا۠ l-ẓunūnā the assumptions ظ ن ن

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4103

As regards the following Qur'anic Verse:-- "When they came on you from above and from below you (from east and west of the valley) and when the eyes grew wild and the hearts reached up to the throats....." (33.10) That happened on the day of Al-Khandaq (i.e. Trench).

‏‏{‏إِذْ جَاءُوكُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتِ الأَبْصَارُ‏}‏ قَالَتْ كَانَ ذَاكَ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ

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