سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْفَالِ

Surah Al-Anfaal (8) — Ayah 32

The Spoils of War · Medinan · Juz 9 · Page 180

وَإِذْ قَالُوا۟ ٱللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَـٰذَا هُوَ ٱلْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَوِ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿32﴾
And (remember) when they said: "O Allâh! If this (the Qur’ân) is indeed the truth (revealed) from You, then rain down stones on us from the sky or bring on us a painful torment."
وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
قَالُوا۟ qālū they said
ٱللَّهُمَّ l-lahuma O Allah
إِن in If
كَانَ kāna was
هَـٰذَا hādhā this
هُوَ huwa [it]
ٱلْحَقَّ l-ḥaqa the truth
مِنْ min [of]
عِندِكَ ʿindika from You
فَأَمْطِرْ fa-amṭir then (send) rain
عَلَيْنَا ʿalaynā upon us
حِجَارَةًۭ ḥijāratan (of) stones
مِّنَ mina from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi the sky
أَوِ awi or
ٱئْتِنَا i'tinā bring (upon) us
بِعَذَابٍ biʿadhābin a punishment
أَلِيمٍۢ alīmin painful

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.