Surah Ali 'Imran — Verse 166

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وَمَآ أَصَـٰبَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Wama asabakum yawma iltaqaaljamAAani fabi-ithni Allahi waliyaAAlamaalmu'mineen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And what struck you on the day the two armies met [at Uḥud] was by permission of Allāh that He might make evident the [true] believers

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

what befell you on the day the two armies met in battle happened with God’s permission and in order for Him to see who were the true believers and who were the hypocrites who,

Marmaduke Pickthall

That which befell you, on the day when the two armies met, was by permission of Allah; that He might know the true believers;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

What ye suffered on the day the two armies Met, was with the leave of Allah, in order that He might test the believers,-

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Whatever you suffered on the day when the two troops faced each other was by the will of Allah, and in order to know the believers,

Al-Hilali & Khan

And what you suffered (of the disaster) on the day (of the battle of Uhud when) the two armies met, was by the leave of Allâh, in order that He might test the believers.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

What befell you on the day when the two hosts met was by the leave of Allah, and in order that He might mark out those who believe

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

and all that befell you on the day when the two hosts met in battle happened by God's leave, so that He might mark out the [true] believers,