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سورة آل عِمرَان

Surah Al-i-‘Imrân 3:166

Family of Amran · Verse 166 of 200

وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And that which befell you on the day when the two armies met (at Uhud), was so by the leave of Allâh, and (it happened thus) so that He might distinguish the 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,-

Ahmed Ali

What you suffered on the day the two armies had met was by God´s dispensation, so that He may distinguish the faithful,

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Ali Unal

What befell you on the day when the two hosts met (in battle) was by God’s leave, and that He might mark out the (true) believers.

Daryabadi

And that which befell you on the day whereon the two hosts met was by Allah´s leave, and that he might know the believers.

Faridul Haque

And the calamity that struck you on the day the two armies met, was by Allah’s command - and in order that He may make known the believers.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And that which befell you on the day when the two armies met was by Allah

Maulvi Sher Ali

And that which befell you, on the day when the two host met, was by ALLAH's command; and this was so that he might cause the believers to be distinguished;

Muhammad Asad

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,

Muhammad Musin 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 Allah, in order that He might test the believers.

Muhammad 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;

Muhammad Sarwar

What befell you, when the two armies confronted each other, was by the permission of God so that He would know who were the true believers

Muhammed ali Shakir

And what befell you on the day when the two armies met (at Ohud) was with Allah's knowledge, and that He might know the believers.

Rashad Khalifa

What afflicted you the day the two armies clashed was in accordance with GOD's will, and to distinguish the believers.

Shabbir Ahmed

That which befell you when the two armies clashed, was according to God’s laws that He might let the believers know their strength and weakness,