Al-Qur'an Surah Ali 'Imran Verse 160

Mufti Taqi Usmani

If Allah helps you, there is none to overcome you. And if He abandons you, then, who is there to help you after that? In Allah the believers should place their trust.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

If Allah helps you, none can defeat you. But if He denies you help, then who else can help you? So in Allah let the believers put their trust.

Ruwwad Translation Center

If Allah helps you, none can overcome you; but if He forsakes you, who is there to help you after Him? In Allah let the believers put their trust.

A. J. Arberry

If God helps you, none can overcome you; but if He forsakes you, who then can help you after Him? Therefore in God let the believers put all their trust.

Abdul Haleem

If God helps you [believers], no one can overcome you; if He forsakes you, who else can help you? Believers should put their trust in God.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

If Allah succoureth you, there is none that can overcome you; if He abandon you, who is there that can succour you after Him? And in Allah let the believers trust.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If Allah helps you, none can overcome you; If He forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? in Allah, then, Let believers put their trust.

Abul Ala Maududi

If Allah helps you none shall prevail over you; if He forsakes you then who can help you? It is in Allah that the believers should put their trust.

Ahmed Ali

If God is there to help you none will overcome you; and if He forsake you, who will help you other than Him? So only in God should the faithful place their trust.

Ahmed Raza Khan

If Allah supports you, no one can overcome you; and if He forsakes you, who is there who can then help you? And in Allah only should the Muslims trust.

Ali Quli Qarai

If Allah helps you, no one can overcome you, but if He forsakes you, who will help you after Him? So in Allah let all the faithful put their trust.

Ali Ünal

If God helps you, there will be none who can overcome you; if He forsakes you, who is there that can help you thereafter? In God, then, let the believers put all their trust.

Amatul Rahman Omar

If Allâh goes on helping you there is none to overcome you and if He forsakes you, then, who is there that will help you besides Him. Let the believers put their trust in Allâh alone.

English Literal

If God gives you victory/aid, so (there is) no defeater for you, and if He abandons/deserts you, so who (is) of that to give you victory/aid from after Him? And on God so should rely/depend the believers.

Faridul Haque

If Allah supports you, no one can overcome you; and if He forsakes you, who is there who can then help you? And in Allah only should the Muslims trust.

Hamid S. Aziz

It is not for the Prophet to deceive; and he who deceives shall bring his deceit with him on the Day of Resurrection. Then shall each soul be paid what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged.

Hilali & Khan

If Allah helps you, none can overcome you; and if He forsakes you, who is there after Him that can help you? And in Allah (Alone) let believers put their trust.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Thus it is by Allah’s mercy that thou art gentle to them. And hadst thou been rough, hard-hearted, they would certainly have dispersed from around thee. So pardon them and ask protection for them, and consult them in (important) matters. But when thou hast determined, put thy trust in Allah. Surely Allah loves those who trust (in Him).

Mohammad Habib Shakir

If Allah assists you, then there is none that can overcome you, and if He forsakes you, who is there then that can assist you after Him? And on Allah should the believers rely.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

If Allah is your helper none can overcome you, and if He withdraw His help from you, who is there who can help you after Him? In Allah let believers put their trust.

Muhammad Sarwar

If God is your helper, no one can defeat you. However, if He abandons you, who would help you? The true believers trust in God.

Qaribullah & Darwish

If Allah helps you, none can overcome you. If He forsakes you, who then can help you after Him? Therefore, in Allah let the believers put all their trust.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

If Allah helps you, none can overcome you; and if He forsakes you, who is there after Him that can help you And in Allah (Alone) let believers put their trust.

Wahiduddin Khan

If God helps you, none can overcome you, but if He withdraws His help from you, who is there who can help you besides Him? In God, then, let the believers place their trust!

Talal Itani

If God supports you, there is none who can overcome you. But if He fails you, who is there to help you after Him? So in God let the believers put their trust.

Tafsir jalalayn

If God helps you, [if] He gives you assistance against your enemy, as on the Day of Badr, then none can overcome you; but if He forsakes you, [if] He refrains from assisting you, as on the Day of Uhud, then who is there who can help you after Him?, that is, after His forsaking [you]? In other words, there is no one to help you. Therefore on God, and on no one else, let the believers rely.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

إِن يَنصُرْكُمُ اللّهُ فَلَ غَالِبَ لَكُمْ وَإِن يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَن ذَا الَّذِي يَنصُرُكُم مِّن بَعْدِهِ

If Allah helps you, none can overcome you; and if He forsakes you, who is there after Him that can help you!

is similar to His statement that we mentioned earlier.

وَمَا النَّصْرُ إِلاَّ مِنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ

And there is no victory except from Allah the Almighty, the All-Wise. (3;126)

Allah next commands the believers to trust in Him,

وَعَلَى اللّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكِّلِ الْمُوْمِنُونَ



And in Allah (Alone) let believers put their trust.
Treachery with the Spoils of War was not a Trait of the Prophet

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