يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تَنصُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ يَنصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- O you who have believed, if you support Allāh, He will support you and plant firmly your feet.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- ஈமான் கொண்டவர்களே! நீங்கள் அல்லாஹ்வுக்கு உதவி செய்தால், அவன் உங்களுக்கு உதவி செய்து உங்கள் பாதங்களையும் உறுதியாக்கி வைப்பான்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- අහෝ දේවත්වය විශ්වාස කළවුනි! නුඹලා අල්ලාහ්ට උදව් කළේ නම් ඔහු නුඹලාට උදව් කරනු ඇත. තවද නුඹලාගේ පාද ඔහු ස්ථීර කරනු ඇත.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اے ایمان والو! اگر تم اللہ (کے دین) کی مدد کرو گے تو وه تمہاری مدد کرے گا اور تمہیں ﺛابت قدم رکھے گا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 信仰する者よ，あなたがたがアッラーに助力すれば，かれはあなたがたを助けられ，その足場を堅固にされる。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 信道的人们啊！如果你们相助真主，他就相助你们，并使你们的脚步稳固。
Tafsir of 47:7
The Command to strike the Enemies' Necks, tighten Their Bonds, and then free Them either by an Act of Grace or for a Ransom Guiding the believers to what they should employ in their fights against the idolators, Allah says, فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَضَرْبَ الرِّقَابِ (So, when you meet those who disbelieve (in battle), smite their necks), which means, 'When you fight against them, cut them down totally with your swords.' حَتَّى إِذَآ أَثْخَنتُمُوهُمْ (until you have fully defeated them,) meaning 'you have killed and utterly destroyed them.' فَشُدُّواْ الْوَثَاقَ (tighten their bonds.) `This is referring to the prisoners of war whom you have captured. Later on, after the war ends and the conflict has ceased, you have a choice in regard to the captives: You may either act graciously toward them by setting them free without charge, or free them for a ransom that you require from them.' It appears that this Ayah was revealed after the battle of Badr. At that time, Allah reproached the believers for sparing many of the enemy's soldiers, and holding too many captives in order to take ransom from them.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
