سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْزَابِ

Surah Al-Ahzaab (33) — Ayah 26

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وَأَنزَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَـٰهَرُوهُم مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِن صَيَاصِيهِمْ وَقَذَفَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلرُّعْبَ فَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَأْسِرُونَ فَرِيقًا ﴿26﴾
And those of the people of the Scripture who backed them (the disbelievers), Allâh brought them down from their forts and cast terror into their hearts, (so that) a group (of them) you killed, and a group (of them) you made captives.
وَأَنزَلَ wa-anzala And He brought down
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
ظَـٰهَرُوهُم ẓāharūhum backed them
مِّنْ min among
أَهْلِ ahli (the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ l-kitābi (of) the Scripture
مِن min from
صَيَاصِيهِمْ ṣayāṣīhim their fortresses
وَقَذَفَ waqadhafa and cast
فِى into
قُلُوبِهِمُ qulūbihimu their hearts
ٱلرُّعْبَ l-ruʿ'ba [the] terror
فَرِيقًۭا farīqan a group
تَقْتُلُونَ taqtulūna you killed
وَتَأْسِرُونَ watasirūna and you took captive
فَرِيقًۭا farīqan a group

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.