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Surah As-Saf, Verse 4

سورة الصف، الآية ٤

61:4 Juz 28 Hizb 55 Page 551 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 61:4

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ صَفًّا كَأَنَّهُم بُنْيَٰنٌ مَّرْصُوصٌ ۝٤

Transliteration

inna l-laha yuḥibbu alladhīna yuqātilūna fī sabīlihi ṣaffan ka-annahum bun'yānun marṣūṣun

Translation

Indeed, Allāh loves those who fight in His cause in a row as though they are a [single] structure joined firmly.

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Verse 4 of Surah As-Saf (61:4), a Medinan surah, is in juz 28, on page 551 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 4

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah loves the believers who fight in His path seeking His pleasure, in rows alongside one another as if they are a structure that it tightly compacted.

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Other translations of verse 4

Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in His way in firm ranks, as if they were a solid structure.

Verily, Allâh loves those who fight in His Cause in rows (ranks) as if they were a solid structure.1

Notes

[1] (V.61:4)
a) Narrated Abû Sa‘îd Al-Khudrî رضي الله عنه : Somebody asked, "O Allâh’s Messenger! Who is the best among the people?" Allâh’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم replied, "A believer who strives his utmost in Allâh’s Cause with his life and property." They asked, "Who is next?" He replied, "A believer who stays in one of the mountain paths worshipping Allâh and leaving the people secure from his mischief." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 4., Hadîth No. 45).
b) See the footnote (A) of (V.9:111).

Lo! Allah loveth them who battle for His cause in ranks, as if they were a solid structure.

Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure.

Surely Allah loves those who fight in His way in ranks as if they were a firm and compact wall.

Surely Allah loves the ones who fight in His way in rank (s) as if they were a compact structure.

Verse 4 word by word

  1. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  2. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  3. يُحِبُّ yuḥibbu loves ح ب ب
  4. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  5. يُقَٰتِلُونَ yuqātilūna fight ق ت ل
  6. فِى fī in
  7. سَبِيلِهِۦ sabīlihi His Way س ب ل
  8. صَفًّا ṣaffan (in) a row ص ف ف
  9. كَأَنَّهُم ka-annahum as if they
  10. بُنْيَٰنٌ bun'yānun (were) a structure ب ن ي
  11. مَّرْصُوصٌ marṣūṣun joined firmly ر ص ص

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