Surah Al-Ahzab (الأحزاب) • The Combined Forces

Quran 33:10

33:10

إِذْ جَآءُوكُم مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتِ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ وَبَلَغَتِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ ٱلْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلظُّنُونَا۠

idh jāūkum min fawqikum wamin asfala minkum wa-idh zāghati l-abṣāru wabalaghati l-qulūbu l-ḥanājira wataẓunnūna bil-lahi l-ẓunūnā

[Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats, and you assumed about Allāh [various] assumptions.

— Saheeh International

They massed against you from above and below; your eyes rolled [with fear], your hearts rose into your throats, and you thought [ill] thoughts of God.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when the eyes grew wild and the hearts reached to the throats, and you were harbouring doubts about Allâh.

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

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Word by Word

إِذْidhWhen
جَآءُوكُمjāūkumthey came upon you
مِّنminfrom
فَوْقِكُمْfawqikumabove you
وَمِنْwaminand from
أَسْفَلَasfalabelow
مِنكُمْminkumyou
وَإِذْwa-idhand when
زَاغَتِzāghatigrew wild
ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُl-abṣāruthe eyes
وَبَلَغَتِwabalaghatiand reached
ٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbuthe hearts
ٱلْحَنَاجِرَl-ḥanājirathe throats
وَتَظُنُّونَwataẓunnūnaand you assumed
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiabout Allah
ٱلظُّنُونَا۠l-ẓunūnāthe assumptions