Surah Al-Hajj (الحج) • The Pilgrimage

Quran 22:39

22:39

أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَـٰتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلِمُوا۟ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِيرٌ

udhina lilladhīna yuqātalūna bi-annahum ẓulimū wa-inna l-laha ʿalā naṣrihim laqadīrun

Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allāh is competent to give them victory.

— Saheeh International

Those who have been attacked are permitted to take up arms because they have been wronged- God has the power to help them-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Permission to fight (against disbelievers) is given to those (believers) who are fought against, because they have been wronged; and surely, Allâh is Able to give them (believers) victory -

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 17Page 337medinan

Word by Word

أُذِنَudhinaPermission is given
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
يُقَـٰتَلُونَyuqātalūnaare being fought
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they
ظُلِمُوا۟ۚẓulimūwere wronged
وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalāfor
نَصْرِهِمْnaṣrihimtheir victory
لَقَدِيرٌlaqadīrun(is) surely Able