إِذۡ
يُوحِي
رَبُّكَ
إِلَى
ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ
أَنِّي
مَعَكُمۡ
فَثَبِّتُواْ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْۚ
سَأُلۡقِي
فِي
قُلُوبِ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
ٱلرُّعۡبَ
فَٱضۡرِبُواْ
فَوۡقَ
ٱلۡأَعۡنَاقِ
وَٱضۡرِبُواْ
مِنۡهُمۡ
كُلَّ
بَنَانٖ
١٢
When thy Lord inspired the angels, (saying): I am with you. So make those who believe stand firm. I will throw fear into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then smite the necks and smite of them each finger.
— M. Pickthall
[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip."1
— Saheeh International
Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): "I am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will instil terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them."
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Slumber overcomes Muslims
Allah reminds the believers of the slumber that He sent down on them as security from the fear they suffered from, because of the multitude of their enemy and the sparseness of their forces. They were given the same favor during the battle of Uhud, which Allah described,
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…Slumber overcomes Muslims
Allah reminds the believers of the slumber that He sent down on them as security from the fear they suffered from, because of
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