Qur'an 61:14 As-Saff
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوٓا۟ أَنصَارَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَا قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ لِلْحَوَارِيِّۦنَ مَنْ أَنصَارِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنصَارُ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَـَٔامَنَت طَّآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَكَفَرَت طَّآئِفَةٌۭ ۖ فَأَيَّدْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ عَلَىٰ عَدُوِّهِمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ ظَٰهِرِينَ
O you who have believed, be supporters of Allah, as when Jesus, the son of Mary, said to the disciples, "Who are my supporters for Allah?" The disciples said, "We are supporters of Allah." And a faction of the Children of Israel believed and a faction disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against their enemy, and they became dominant.
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What it says
The surah closes by returning to Isa, this time asking his disciples who will help him toward Allah, and the disciples answering that they will. One group among the Israelites believed that answer and one did not, and Allah backed the believers against their enemy until they came out ahead. The command opening the verse asks this community for the same answer the disciples gave.
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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا yā-ayyuhā o you · ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna who · ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believe · كُونُوٓا۟ kūnū be · أَنصَارَ anṣāra helpers · ٱللَّهِ llāhi of Allah · كَمَا kamā as · قَالَ qāla said · عِيسَى ʿīsā Isa · ٱبْنُ ibnu son · مَرْيَمَ maryama of Maryam · لِلْحَوَارِيِّۦنَ lilḥawāriyyina to the disciples · مَنْ man who · أَنصَارِىٓ anṣārī are my helpers · إِلَى ilā to · ٱللَّهِ llāhi Allah · قَالَ qāla said · ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ al-ḥawāriyyūna the disciples · نَحْنُ naḥnu we · أَنصَارُ anṣāru are helpers · ٱللَّهِ llāhi of Allah · فَـَٔامَنَت fa-āmanat then believed · طَّآئِفَةٌ ṭāʾifatun a group · مِّن min from · بَنِىٓ banī the children · إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ isrāʾīla of Israel · وَكَفَرَت wa-kafarat and disbelieved · طَّآئِفَةٌ ṭāʾifatun a group · فَأَيَّدْنَا fa-ayyadnā so We supported · ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who · ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believed · عَلَىٰ ʿalā against · عَدُوِّهِمْ ʿaduwwihim their enemy · فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ fa-aṣbaḥū and they became · ظَٰهِرِينَ ẓāhirīn dominant
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