Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:146

3:146

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن نَّبِىٍّ قَـٰتَلَ مَعَهُۥ رِبِّيُّونَ كَثِيرٌ فَمَا وَهَنُوا۟ لِمَآ أَصَابَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا ضَعُفُوا۟ وَمَا ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

waka-ayyin min nabiyyin qātala maʿahu ribbiyyūna kathīrun famā wahanū limā aṣābahum fī sabīli l-lahi wamā ḍaʿufū wamā is'takānū wal-lahu yuḥibbu l-ṣābirīna

And how many a prophet [fought in battle and] with him fought many religious scholars. But they never lost assurance due to what afflicted them in the cause of Allāh, nor did they weaken or submit. And Allāh loves the steadfast.

— Saheeh International

Many prophets have fought, with large bands of godly men alongside them who, in the face of their sufferings for God’s cause, did not lose heart or weaken or surrender: God loves those who are steadfast.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And many a Prophet (i.e. many from amongst the Prophets) fought (in Allâh’s Cause) and along with him (fought) large bands of religious learned men. But they never lost heart for that which did befall them in Allâh’s Way, nor did they weaken nor degrade themselves. And Allâh loves As-Sâbirûn (the patient).

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

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وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyinAnd how many
مِّنminfrom
نَّبِىٍّۢnabiyyina Prophet
قَـٰتَلَqātalafought
مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
رِبِّيُّونَribbiyyūna(were) religious scholars
كَثِيرٌۭkathīrunmany
فَمَاfamāBut not
وَهَنُوا۟wahanūthey lost heart
لِمَآlimāfor what
أَصَابَهُمْaṣābahumbefell them
فِىfīin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَمَاwamāand not
ضَعُفُوا۟ḍaʿufūthey weakened
وَمَاwamāand not
ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ۗis'takānūthey gave in
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يُحِبُّyuḥibbuloves
ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīnathe patient ones