Surah At Taubah Ayat 25 Translation Tafseer

Para 10 - وَ اعْلَمُوْۤا

سورة التوبة

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9.25

لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللّٰهُ فِیْ مَوَاطِنَ كَثِیْرَةٍۙ-وَّ یَوْمَ حُنَیْنٍۙ-اِذْ اَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنْكُمْ شَیْــٴًـا وَّ ضَاقَتْ عَلَیْكُمُ الْاَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّیْتُمْ مُّدْبِرِیْنَۚ (25)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

Indeed Allah has helped you in many places, and ˹remember˺ the day of Hunayn when you were impressed by your great numbers; it did not avail you at all, and the earth, despite its vastness, became constricted for you; then you retreated turning your backs.[1]

Commentary

[1]

Before the Expedition of Hunayn, some new Muslims expressed a statement of overconfident pride on seeing the overwhelming size of the Muslim army. Consequently, the new Muslims and Makkan disbelievers (part of the main Muslim army) could not repel the very first serious attack from the Hawāzin and Thaqīf tribes. The new Muslims retreated, causing a stampede that wreaked havoc among the ranks of the Muhājirūn and Anṣār too. This highlights the fact that over confidence in one’s own abilities is disliked by Allah Almighty; one should consider every excellence to be the Grace of Allah Almighty and not one’s personal achievement.

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