وَمَآ
أَصَٰبَكُمۡ
يَوۡمَ
ٱلۡتَقَى
ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ
فَبِإِذۡنِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَلِيَعۡلَمَ
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
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So what you suffered on the day the two armies met was by Allah’s Will, so that He might distinguish the ˹true˺ believers
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Reason and Wisdom Behind the Defeat at Uhud
Allah said,
أَوَ لَمَّا أَصَبَتْكُمْ مُّصِيبَةٌ
(When a single disaster smites you), in reference to when the Muslims suffered seventy fatalities during the battle of Uhud,
قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ مِّثْلَيْهَا
(although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as gr
…The Reason and Wisdom Behind the Defeat at Uhud
Allah said,
أَوَ لَمَّا أَصَبَتْكُمْ مُّصِيبَةٌ
(When a single disaster smites you), in reference to when
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