سورة التّوبَة
Surah Al-Taubah 9:25
The Repentance · Verse 25 of 129
لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍ ۙ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ ۙ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنْكُمْ شَيْئًا وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُمْ مُدْبِرِينَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Allâh has already helped you on many a battle field and on the day of (the battle of) Hunain when your multitude made you feel proud but it availed you nought and the land with all its spaciousness became straitened for you then you turned back retreating.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Assuredly Allah did help you in many battle-fields and on the day of Hunain: Behold! your great numbers elated you, but they availed you naught: the land, for all that it is wide, did constrain you, and ye turned back in retreat.
Ahmed Ali
Indeed God has helped you on many occasions, even during the battle of Hunain, when you were elated with joy at your numbers which did not prove of the least avail, so that the earth and its vast expanse became too narrow for you, and you turned back and retreated.
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Ali Unal
God has already helped you on many fields, and on the day of Hunayn, when your multitude was pleasing to you, but it availed you nothing, and the earth, for all its vastness, was too narrow for you, and you turned back, retreating.
Daryabadi
Assuredly Allah hath succoured you on many fields and on the day of Hunain, When your number elated you; then it availed you naught, and the earth, wide as it is, straitened unto you; then ye turned away in retreat.
Faridul Haque
Indeed Allah helped you on many occasions - and on the day of Huneyn - when you prided in your multitude, so it did not benefit you at all, and the earth despite being vast became restricted for you - then you turned back and returned.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Certainly Allah helped you in many battlefields, and on the day of Hunain, when your great numbers made you proud, but they availed you nothing, and the earth with all its spaciousness was straitened for you, then you turned back retreating.
Maulvi Sher Ali
Surely, ALLAH has helped you on many a battle field and on the day of Hunain, when your great numbers made you proud, but they availed you naught; and the earth, with all its vastness, became straitened for you, and then you turned back retreating.
Muhammad Asad
Indeed, God has succoured you on many battlefields, [when you were few;] and [He did so, too,] on the Day of Hunayn, when you took pride in your great numbers and they proved of no avail whatever to you - for the earth, despite all its vastness, became [too] narrow for you and you turned back, retreating
Muhammad Musin Khan
Truly Allah has given you victory on many battle fields, and on the Day of Hunain (battle) when you rejoiced at your great number but it availed you naught and the earth, vast as it is, was straitened for you, then you turned back in flight.
Muhammad Pickthall
Allah hath given you victory on many fields and on the day of Huneyn, when ye exulted in your multitude but it availed you naught, and the earth, vast as it is, was straitened for you; then ye turned back in flight;
Muhammad Sarwar
God has helped you on many occasions including the day of Hunayn (name of a place near Mecca). When you were happy with the number of your men who proved to be of no help to you and the whole vast earth seemed to have no place to hide you (from your enemies) and you turned back in retreat.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Certainly Allah helped you in many battlefields and on the day of Hunain, when your great numbers made you vain, but they availed you nothing and the earth became strait to you notwithstanding its spaciousness, then you turned back retreating.
Rashad Khalifa
GOD has granted you victory in many situations. But on the day of Hunayn, you became too proud of your great number. Consequently, it did not help you at all, and the spacious earth became so straitened around you, that you turned around and fled.
Shabbir Ahmed
God has granted you victory in many battle-fields. And on the Day of Hunain, when you marveled at your great numbers, they did not avail you in the least. The earth, despite all its vastness, became constrained for you and you turned back, retreating.
Commentary 9:25 Hunain حُنَيْنٍ is a valley on the road between Taif and Makkah, about fourteen miles to the southeast of Makkah. This valley was the scene of a battle…
لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍ ۙ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ ۙ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنكُمْ شَيْئًا وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُم مُّدْبِرِينَ
9:25 Hunain حُنَيْنٍ is a valley on the road between Taif and Makkah, about fourteen miles to the southeast of Makkah. This valley was the scene of a battle between the Muslims and the pagans led by the Hazwîn and the Thaqîf tribes in 8 A.H. A number of newly converted believers from Makkah, most of whom were still inexperienced in fight, took part on the side of the Muslims. A large force of 2,000 marched towards Hunain (Zurqanî, 3:6). “When your multitude made you feel proud” - إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُم refer to this sizable force of Muslims. Contrary to the practice of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), the new converts hastened to attack the enemy. However, the enemy archers were highly skilled, and had occupied strategic positions in the mountain passes. The advancing Muslim party was quickly repulsed, and had to retreat from the battlefield in confusion. This caused disorder in the main Muslim force following them, which was passing through a narrow gorge. “and the land with all its spaciousness became straitened for you” وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ refer to this situation of the Muslim forces. Finally, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) himself rallied his forces and managed to turn the course of the battle, resulting in a victory. In fact, the help that came for the retreating Muslim forces was from Allâh (لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ)