سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْزَابِ
Surah Al-Ahzaab (33) — Ayah 22
وَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلْأَحْزَابَ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَصَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ ۚ وَمَا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّآ إِيمَـٰنًا وَتَسْلِيمًا ﴿22﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when the believers saw Al-Ahzâb (the Confederates), they said: "This is what Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had promised us; and Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) had spoken the truth. And it only added to their Faith and to their submissiveness (to Allâh).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَمَّا
walammā
And when
رَءَا
raā
saw
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
l-mu'minūna
the believers
ٱلْأَحْزَابَ
l-aḥzāba
the confederates
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
مَا
mā
(is) what
وَعَدَنَا
waʿadanā
Allah promised us
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah promised us
وَرَسُولُهُۥ
warasūluhu
and His Messenger
وَصَدَقَ
waṣadaqa
and Allah spoke the truth
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
and Allah spoke the truth
وَرَسُولُهُۥ ۚ
warasūluhu
and His Messenger
وَمَا
wamā
And not
زَادَهُمْ
zādahum
it increased them
إِلَّآ
illā
except
إِيمَـٰنًۭا
īmānan
(in) faith
وَتَسْلِيمًۭا
wataslīman
and submission
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 22) ➊ {وَ لَمَّا رَاَ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ الْاَحْزَابَ … :} When, due to the large numbers of the disbelievers’ armies, the severity of the siege, the intensity of cold and hunger, and the treachery of Banu Qurayzah, the situation became extremely grave, the state of the hypocrites and the Muslims afflicted with doubts and suspicions was mentioned above—that they said the promises of Allah and His Messenger were nothing but deception. Now the state of the sincere believers is being described: when they saw these hardships, they said that these are the very stages of trial, hardship, and difficulty about which Allah and His Messenger had already informed beforehand, and after patience upon which His help was promised, as He said: «{ اَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ اَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ وَ لَمَّا يَاْتِكُمْ مَّثَلُ الَّذِيْنَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ١ؕ مَسَّتْهُمُ الْبَاْسَآءُ وَ الضَّرَّآءُ وَ زُلْزِلُوْا حَتّٰى يَقُوْلَ الرَّسُوْلُ وَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مَعَهٗ مَتٰى نَصْرُ اللّٰهِ اَلَاۤ اِنَّ نَصْرَ اللّٰهِ قَرِيْبٌ}» [ البقرۃ :۲۱۴ ] “Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while there has not yet come to you the like of that which came to those who passed on before you? They were afflicted by hardship and adversity and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, ‘When is the help of Allah?’ Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near.”
➋ {وَ صَدَقَ اللّٰهُ وَ رَسُوْلُهٗ :} That is, the promise of trial made by Allah and His Messenger was true, and the promise of victory and help for the Muslims and defeat for the disbelievers after patience was also true, which was made in Surah Al-Baqarah (2:214) with the words {’’ اَلَاۤ اِنَّ نَصْرَ اللّٰهِ قَرِيْبٌ ‘‘}, and before that in the Meccan Surah Al-Qamar (45) with the words {’’ سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَ يُوَلُّوْنَ الدُّبُرَ ‘‘}.
➌ { وَ مَا زَادَهُمْ اِلَّاۤ اِيْمَانًا وَّ تَسْلِيْمًا :} That is, they became even firmer in faith and more obedient to the commands of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). This verse is evidence that a person’s faith increases and decreases. Imam Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) has established this matter with eight verses and numerous hadiths in Sahih Bukhari. It is astonishing about those people who, despite clear verses and hadiths, insist that faith neither decreases nor increases.
➋ {وَ صَدَقَ اللّٰهُ وَ رَسُوْلُهٗ :} That is, the promise of trial made by Allah and His Messenger was true, and the promise of victory and help for the Muslims and defeat for the disbelievers after patience was also true, which was made in Surah Al-Baqarah (2:214) with the words {’’ اَلَاۤ اِنَّ نَصْرَ اللّٰهِ قَرِيْبٌ ‘‘}, and before that in the Meccan Surah Al-Qamar (45) with the words {’’ سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَ يُوَلُّوْنَ الدُّبُرَ ‘‘}.
➌ { وَ مَا زَادَهُمْ اِلَّاۤ اِيْمَانًا وَّ تَسْلِيْمًا :} That is, they became even firmer in faith and more obedient to the commands of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). This verse is evidence that a person’s faith increases and decreases. Imam Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) has established this matter with eight verses and numerous hadiths in Sahih Bukhari. It is astonishing about those people who, despite clear verses and hadiths, insist that faith neither decreases nor increases.
