Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:25

9:25

لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍ ۙ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ ۙ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُم مُّدْبِرِينَ

laqad naṣarakumu l-lahu fī mawāṭina kathīratin wayawma ḥunaynin idh aʿjabatkum kathratukum falam tugh'ni ʿankum shayan waḍāqat ʿalaykumu l-arḍu bimā raḥubat thumma wallaytum mud'birīna

Allāh has already given you victory in many regions and [even] on the day of Ḥunayn, when your great number pleased you, but it did not avail you at all, and the earth was confining for you with [i.e., in spite of] its vastness; then you turned back, fleeing.

— Saheeh International

God has helped you [believers] on many battlefields, even on the day of the Battle of Hunayn. You were well pleased with your large numbers, but they were of no use to you: the earth seemed to close in on you despite its spaciousness, and you turned tail and fled.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Truly Allâh has given you victory on many battle fields, and on the Day of Hunain (battle) when you rejoiced at your great number, but it availed you naught and the earth, vast as it is, was straitened for you, then you turned back in flight.

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

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Word by Word

لَقَدْlaqadVerily
نَصَرَكُمُnaṣarakumuAllah helped you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah helped you
فِىfīin
مَوَاطِنَmawāṭinaregions
كَثِيرَةٍۢۙkathīratinmany
وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) day
حُنَيْنٍۙḥunaynin(of) Hunain
إِذْidhwhen
أَعْجَبَتْكُمْaʿjabatkumpleased you
كَثْرَتُكُمْkathratukumyour multitude
فَلَمْfalambut not
تُغْنِtugh'niavailed
عَنكُمْʿankumyou
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
وَضَاقَتْwaḍāqatand (was) straitened
عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you
ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
بِمَاbimā(in spite) of its vastness
رَحُبَتْraḥubat(in spite) of its vastness
ثُمَّthummathen
وَلَّيْتُمwallaytumyou turned back
مُّدْبِرِينَmud'birīnafleeing