Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:40

9:40

إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثَانِىَ ٱثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِى ٱلْغَارِ إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَنَا ۖ فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ وَأَيَّدَهُۥ بِجُنُودٍ لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلسُّفْلَىٰ ۗ وَكَلِمَةُ ٱللَّهِ هِىَ ٱلْعُلْيَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

illā tanṣurūhu faqad naṣarahu l-lahu idh akhrajahu alladhīna kafarū thāniya ith'nayni idh humā fī l-ghāri idh yaqūlu liṣāḥibihi lā taḥzan inna l-laha maʿanā fa-anzala l-lahu sakīnatahu ʿalayhi wa-ayyadahu bijunūdin lam tarawhā wajaʿala kalimata alladhīna kafarū l-suf'lā wakalimatu l-lahi hiya l-ʿul'yā wal-lahu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

If you do not aid him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] - Allāh has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allāh is with us." And Allāh sent down His tranquility upon him and supported him with soldiers [i.e., angels] you did not see and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allāh - that is the highest. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

— Saheeh International

Even if you do not help the Prophet, God helped him when the disbelievers drove him out: when the two of them were in the cave, he [Muhammad] said to his companion, ‘Do not worry, God is with us,’ and God sent His calm down to him, aided him with forces invisible to you, and brought down the disbelievers’ plan. God’s plan is higher: God is almighty and wise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If you help him (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not (it does not matter), for Allâh did indeed help him when the disbelievers drove him out, the second of the two; when they (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه) were in the cave, he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said to his companion (Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه): "Be not sad (or afraid), surely Allâh is with us." Then Allâh sent down His Sakînah (calmness, tranquillity, peace) upon him, and strengthened him with forces (angels) which you saw not, and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowermost, while the Word of Allâh that became the uppermost; and Allâh is All-Mighty, All-Wise.

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

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Word by Word

إِلَّاillāIf not
تَنصُرُوهُtanṣurūhuyou help him
فَقَدْfaqadcertainly
نَصَرَهُnaṣarahuAllah helped him
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah helped him
إِذْidhwhen
أَخْرَجَهُakhrajahudrove him out
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
ثَانِىَthāniyathe second
ٱثْنَيْنِith'nayni(of) the two
إِذْidhwhen
هُمَاhumāthey both
فِىfī(were) in
ٱلْغَارِl-ghārithe cave
إِذْidhwhen
يَقُولُyaqūluhe said
لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦliṣāḥibihito his companion
لَاlā(Do) not
تَحْزَنْtaḥzangrieve
إِنَّinnaindeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مَعَنَاۖmaʿanā(is) with us
فَأَنزَلَfa-anzalaThen Allah sent down
ٱللَّهُl-lahuThen Allah sent down
سَكِينَتَهُۥsakīnatahuHis tranquility
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him
وَأَيَّدَهُۥwa-ayyadahuand supported him
بِجُنُودٍۢbijunūdinwith forces
لَّمْlamwhich you did not see
تَرَوْهَاtarawhāwhich you did not see
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
كَلِمَةَkalimata(the) word
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
ٱلسُّفْلَىٰۗl-suf'lāthe lowest
وَكَلِمَةُwakalimatuwhile (the) Word
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
هِىَhiyait (is)
ٱلْعُلْيَاۗl-ʿul'yāthe highest
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌḥakīmunAll-Wise