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

Quran 3:166

3:166

وَمَآ أَصَـٰبَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

wamā aṣābakum yawma l-taqā l-jamʿāni fabi-idh'ni l-lahi waliyaʿlama l-mu'minīna

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

what befell you on the day the two armies met in battle happened with God’s permission and in order for Him to see who were the true believers and who were the hypocrites who,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And what you suffered (of the disaster) on the day (of the battle of Uhud when) the two armies met, was by the leave of Allâh, in order that He might test the believers.

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

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Word by Word

وَمَآwamāAnd what
أَصَـٰبَكُمْaṣābakumstruck you
يَوْمَyawma(on the) day
ٱلْتَقَىl-taqā(when) met
ٱلْجَمْعَانِl-jamʿānithe two hosts
فَبِإِذْنِfabi-idh'ni(was) by (the) permission
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlamaand that He (might) make evident
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers