سورة الاٴنفَال
Surah Al-Anfâl 8:11
The Voluntary Gifts · Verse 11 of 75
إِذْ يُغَشِّيكُمُ النُّعَاسَ أَمَنَةً مِنْهُ وَيُنَزِّلُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ بِهِ وَيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمْ رِجْزَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَلِيَرْبِطَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتَ بِهِ الْأَقْدَامَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(Recall the time) when He caused a sort of slumber to prevail upon you to give you a sense of peaceful security from Himself, and He sent down upon you water from the clouds that He might thereby purify you and remove from you the scourge of satan, that He might strengthen your hearts and thereby make your feet firm and strong.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Remember He covered you with a sort of drowsiness, to give you calm as from Himself, and he caused rain to descend on you from heaven, to clean you therewith, to remove from you the stain of Satan, to strengthen your hearts, and to plant your feet firmly therewith.
Ahmed Ali
A blanketing sleep came over you as a (measure of) security from Him, and He sent down rain from the skies to cleanse you, and to remove the plague of Satan, and to strengthen your hearts and steady your steps.
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Ali Unal
When (at the time that you most needed courage), He caused a slumber to enfold you as a reassurance from Him, and sent down water upon you from the sky, that thereby He might cleanse you (of all actual or ritual impurities, by enabling you to do the minor and major ablution), and take away from you the polluting whisperings of Satan, and through it make your hearts strong, and your steps steady.
Daryabadi
Recall what time He caused slumber to cover you as a security from Himself, and He sent down rain upon you from heaven that he might cleanse you thereby and take away from you the pollution of the Satan, and that he might gird up your hearts and make your feet firm thereby.
Faridul Haque
When He made the slumber overcome you, so it was as a peacefulness from Him, and sent down water from the sky upon you to purify you with it, and to remove the impurity of Satan from you, and to give your hearts fortitude and firmly establish your feet with it.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When He made slumber fall on you as a security from Him, and sent down upon you water from the clouds that He might thereby purify you, and take away from you the uncleanness of the devil, and that He might fortify your hearts and make firm (your) feet thereby.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And when HE caused sleep to come upon you as a sign of security from HIM, and HE sent down water upon you from the clouds, that thereby HE might purify you, and remove from you the uncleanliness of Satan, and that HE might strengthen your hearts and make your steps firm therewith.
Muhammad Asad
[Remember how it was] when He caused inner calm to enfold you, as an assurance from Him, and sent down upon you water from the skies, so that He might purify you thereby and free you from Satan's unclean whisperings and strengthen your hearts and thus make firm your steps.
Muhammad Musin Khan
(Remember) when He covered you with a slumber as a security from Him, and He caused water (rain) to descend on you from the sky, to clean you thereby and to remove from you the Rijz (whispering, evil-suggestions, etc.) of Shaitan (Satan), and to strengthen your hearts, and make your feet firm thereby.
Muhammad Pickthall
When He made the slumber fall upon you as a reassurance from him and sent down water from the sky upon you, that thereby He might purify you, and remove from you the fear of Satan, and make strong your hearts and firm (your) feet thereby.
Muhammad Sarwar
The slumber that overcame you was from God that brought you peace. He showered water from the sky over you to clean you, remove satanic wickedness from you, strengthen your hearts, and grant you steadfastness.
Muhammed ali Shakir
When He caused calm to fall on you as a security from Him and sent down upon you water from the cloud that He might thereby purify you, and take away from you the uncleanness of the Shaitan, and that He might fortify your hearts and steady (your) footsteps thereby.
Rashad Khalifa
He caused peaceful slumber to overtake you and pacify you, and He sent down water from the sky to clean you therewith. He protected you from the devil's curse, reassured your hearts and strengthened your foothold.
Shabbir Ahmed
Remember He caused calmness to overtake you to give you inner peace from Himself. And He sent down from the sky water upon you, that He might refresh you, and remove from you the fear of Satan - And that He might, thus, strengthen your hearts and make firm your foothold.
Commentary 8:11 Before the start of the fight, two kinds of Divine favours were granted to Muslim fighters. The first favour pertained to a state of slumber and…
إِذْ يُغَشِّيكُمُ النُّعَاسَ أَمَنَةً مِّنْهُ وَيُنَزِّلُ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً لِّيُطَهِّرَكُم بِهِ وَيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمْ رِجْزَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَلِيَرْبِطَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتَ بِهِ الْأَقْدَامَ
8:11 Before the start of the fight, two kinds of Divine favours were granted to Muslim fighters. The first favour pertained to a state of slumber and tranquillity that gave a sense of peaceful security. Calm is essential in battle. As a battle begins, there is generally great excitement and anxiety among the participants: their pulses race, and calmness and sleep become impossible. If the excitement and uneasiness become excessive, the mind cannot execute even a well-considered or well-conceived plan. There is a connection between the soul and coming events. Accordingly if a soldier experiences a kind of unusual and unsolicited slumber before battle, it is considered as a good sign, a sign of victory. The second favour pertained to the falling of heavy rain. Wet ground inverted the superiority of the positions of the enemy. The enemy had encamped on hard and firm ground, as they were the first to reach the location of the battle; consequently, the Muslims had been obliged to encamp at a low, sandy place, which at the time was tactically weaker. Timely rainfall made the former place slippery and the latter place firm and thus strengthened the position of the Muslims. The enemy had also taken control of the water supply and the Muslims naturally feared that lack of water might be a source of great hardship. Heavy precipitation resolved these problems.
In allusion to this day we read, “On that Day the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds and the angels shall be sent down in large number. The true kingdom on that day shall belong to the most Gracious Allâh and it shall be a hard day for the disbelievers” (25:25).
The Day of Badr was indeed a day the heaven burst asunder with the clouds and a day of distress and hardship for the disbelievers of Makkah. In reality, the victory of Badr was not due to any skill or prowess on the part of the Muslims. They were too few, weak and ill equipped to win a victory against a numerically superior and better equipped trained army.