Al-Ahzab 33:9
The Combined Forces · Medinan · Juz 21 · Page 419
Armies You Did Not See
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ إِذۡ جَآءَتۡكُمۡ جُنُودࣱ فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحࣰا وَجُنُودࣰا لَّمۡ تَرَوۡهَاۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا ٩
O ye who believe! Remember Allah’s favour unto you when there came against you hosts, and We sent against them a great wind and hosts ye could not see. And Allah is ever Seer of what ye do.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Armies came to you, and We sent upon them a wind and armies you did not see.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, these were the Confederate armies of the fifth year of the Hijra: Quraysh, Kinana, Tihama and Ghatafan from Najd.
Reflect
In hard times, trust in unseen help.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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