سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْفَالِ
Surah Al-Anfaal (8) — Ayah 9
إِذْ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ رَبَّكُمْ فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ أَنِّى مُمِدُّكُم بِأَلْفٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ مُرْدِفِينَ ﴿9﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(Remember) when you sought help of your Lord and He answered you (saying): "I will help you with a thousand of the angels each behind the other (following one another) in succession."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِذْ
idh
When
تَسْتَغِيثُونَ
tastaghīthūna
you were seeking help
رَبَّكُمْ
rabbakum
(of) your Lord
فَٱسْتَجَابَ
fa-is'tajāba
and He answered
لَكُمْ
lakum
[to] you
أَنِّى
annī
Indeed, I am
مُمِدُّكُم
mumiddukum
going to reinforce you
بِأَلْفٍۢ
bi-alfin
with a thousand
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ
l-malāikati
the Angels
مُرْدِفِينَ
mur'difīna
one after another
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
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.
9. 1. In this battle, the number of Muslims was 313, while the disbelievers were three times that (i.e., about a thousand). Moreover, the Muslims were unarmed and without resources, whereas the disbelievers had an abundance of weapons. In these circumstances, the only support for the Muslims was Allah alone, to whom they were earnestly pleading for help. The Prophet ﷺ himself was in a separate tent, deeply engaged in supplication with great humility and insistence (Sahih Bukhari). Thus, Allah accepted the prayers, and a thousand angels, one after another in succession, came to help the Muslims.
