Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
If Allâh helps you, none can overcome you; and if He forsakes you, who is there after Him that can help you? And in Allâh (Alone) let believers put their trust.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنinIf
يَنصُرْكُمُyanṣur'kumuhelps you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
فَلَاfalāthen not
غَالِبَghāliba(can) overcome
لَكُمْ ۖlakum[for] you
وَإِنwa-inand if
يَخْذُلْكُمْyakhdhul'kumHe forsakes you
فَمَنfamanthen who
ذَاdhā(is)
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
يَنصُرُكُمyanṣurukumcan help you
مِّنۢminfrom
بَعْدِهِۦ ۗbaʿdihiafter Him
وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd on
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِfalyatawakkalilet put (their) trust
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers
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160. If Allah helps you, none can overcome you [155]. But if He forsakes you [156], who is there after Him that can help you? So in Allah let the believers put their trust.
[155] Just as in the field of Badr, Allah helped the Muslims in many ways. In the same way, today at Uhud, He can help you and make you victorious, provided that you remain obedient to Allah and strive wholeheartedly for the elevation of the religion of Islam.
[156] Just as happened for a while in the Battle of Uhud, and the reason for it was disobedience to the Messenger of Allah. In this verse, it is being explained that trust can only be placed in the One who is the most powerful, dominant over all means, and the ruler over everything, and since such a being is only Allah, therefore, He alone is worthy of trust.