God is sufficient for you, O Prophet, and the faithful who follow you.
O Herald of the Hidden! Allah is Sufficient for you and for all these Muslims who follow you.
O Prophet, God suffices thee, and the believers who follow thee.
O Prophet! God is enough for thee and those of the believers who follow thee!
0 Prophet! sufficient unto thou is Allah and those who follow thee of believers.
O Prophet (Muhammad SAW)! Allah is Sufficient for you and for the believers who follow you.
O prophet! Count on God, and on the believers who have followed you.
O Prophet! Allah is sufficient for you and the believers who follow you.
O Prophet! Allah is sufficient for you and for the believers who follow you.
O Prophet! Allah is Sufficient for thee and those who follow thee of the believers.
O Prophet! Sufficient for you is Allah and those of the faithful who follow you.
O Prophet, Allah suffices you and whosoever follows you of the believers.
O Prophet, sufficient for you is Allah and for whoever follows you of the believers.
Prophet, God and the believers who follow you are sufficient support for you.
O Prophet! Allah is sufficient for you and (for) such of the believers as follow you.
Y<u>a</u> ayyuh<u>a</u> a<b>l</b>nnabiyyu <u>h</u>asbuka All<u>a</u>hu wamani ittabaAAaka mina almumineen<b>a</b>
O Prophet! God is sufficient for you and the believers who follow you.
O Prophet! sufficient unto thee is Allah,- (unto thee) and unto those who follow thee among the Believers.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ حَسْبُكَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
O Prophet, Allah is sufficient for you against the evil of your enemies and He is sufficient for the believers who are with you. So trust in Allah and rely on Him.
O Prophet, Allah is sufficient for you against the evil of your enemies and He is sufficient for the believers who are with you. So trust in Allah and rely on Him.
<p>In the second verse (64) as well, by stating the same subject briefly, the Holy Prophet ﷺ has been comforted by telling him that sufficient for him is Allah Ta` ala in the real sense, and the group of believers in the physical sense. So, he should have no fear of an enemy, no matter how big, strong, numerous or well-equipped. Commentators have said that this verse was revealed before actual fighting started in the battle of Badr so that Muslims, small in numbers and virtually unequipped, would not be overawed by the heavy numerical and technical superiority of their adversary.</p>
In the second verse (64) as well, by stating the same subject briefly, the Holy Prophet ﷺ has been comforted by telling him that sufficient for him is Allah Ta` ala in the real sense, and the group of believers in the physical sense. So, he should have no fear of an enemy, no matter how big, strong, numerous or well-equipped. Commentators have said that this verse was revealed before actual fighting started in the battle of Badr so that Muslims, small in numbers and virtually unequipped, would not be overawed by the heavy numerical and technical superiority of their adversary.
<h2 class="title">Encouraging Believers to fight in Jihad; the Good News that a Few Muslims can overcome a Superior Enemy Force</h2><p>Allah encourages His Prophet and the believers to fight and struggle against the enemy, and wage war against their forces. Allah affirms that He will suffice, aid, support, and help the believers against their enemies, even if their enemies are numerous and have sufficient supplies, while the believers are few. Allah said, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">يَـأَيُّهَا النَّبِىُّ حَرِّضِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ</div><p>(O Prophet! Urge the believers to fight), encouraged and called them to fight. The Messenger of Allah used to encourage the Companions to fight when they faced the enemy. On the day of Badr when the idolators came with their forces and supplies, he said to his Companions, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">«قُومُوا إِلَى جَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَوَاتُ وَالْأَرْض»</div><p>(Get ready and march forth towards a Paradise as wide as the heavens and earth.) </p><p>`Umayr bin Al-Humam said, "As wide as the heavens and earth" The Messenger said, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">«نَعَم»</div><p>(Yes) `Umayr said, "Excellent! Excellent!" The Messenger asked him, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">«مَا يَحْمِلُكَ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ: بَخٍ بَخ»</div><p>(What makes you say, `Excellent! Excellent!') He said, "The hope that I might be one of its dwellers." The Prophet said, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">«فَإِنَّكَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا»</div><p>(You are one of its people.) Umayr went ahead, broke the scabbard of his sword, took some dates and started eating from them. He then threw the dates from his hand, saying, "Verily, if I lived until I finished eating these dates, then it is indeed a long life." He went ahead, fought and was killed, may Allah be pleased with him. </p><p>Allah said next, commanding the believers and conveying good news to them, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِن يَكُن مِّنكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَـبِرُونَ يَغْلِبُواْ مِاْئَتَيْنِ وَإِن يَكُنْ مُّنكُمْ مِّاْئَةٌ يَغْلِبُواْ أَلْفًا مِّنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ</div><p>(If there are twenty steadfast persons among you, they will overcome two hundred, and if there be a hundred steadfast persons, they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve.) </p><p>The Ayah says, one Muslim should endure ten disbelievers. Allah abrogated this part later on, but the good news remained. `Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak said that Jarir bin Hazim narrated to them that, Az-Zubayr bin Al-Khirrit narrated to him, from `Ikrimah, from Ibn `Abbas, "When this verse was revealed, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِن يَكُن مِّنكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَـبِرُونَ يَغْلِبُواْ مِاْئَتَيْنِ</div><p>(If there are twenty steadfast persons among you, they will overcome two hundred...) it became difficult for the Muslims, when Allah commanded that one Muslim is required to endure ten idolators. Soon after, this matter was made easy, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">الَـنَ خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنكُمْ</div><p>(Now Allah has lightened your (task)), until, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">يَغْلِبُواْ مِاْئَتَيْنِ</div><p>(they shall overcome two hundred. ..) </p><p>Allah lowered the number of adversaries that Muslims are required to endure, and thus, made the required patience less, compatible to the decrease in numbers." Al-Bukhari recorded a similar narration from Ibn Al-Mubarak. Muhammad bin Ishaq recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, "When this Ayah was revealed, it was difficult for the Muslims, for they thought it was burdensome since twenty should fight two hundred, and a hundred against a thousand. Allah made this ruling easy for them and abrogated this Ayah with another Ayah, </p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">الَـنَ خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنكُمْ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ ضَعْفاً</div><p>(Now Allah has lightened your (task), for He knows that there is weakness in you...) </p><p>Thereafter, if Muslims were half as many as their enemy, they were not allowed to run away from them. If the Muslims were fewer than that, they were not obligated to fight the disbelievers and thus allowed to avoid hostilities." </p>
Encouraging Believers to fight in Jihad; the Good News that a Few Muslims can overcome a Superior Enemy ForceAllah encourages His Prophet and the believers to fight and struggle against the enemy, and wage war against their forces. Allah affirms that He will suffice, aid, support, and help the believers against their enemies, even if their enemies are numerous and have sufficient supplies, while the believers are few. Allah said, يَـأَيُّهَا النَّبِىُّ حَرِّضِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ(O Prophet! Urge the believers to fight), encouraged and called them to fight. The Messenger of Allah used to encourage the Companions to fight when they faced the enemy. On the day of Badr when the idolators came with their forces and supplies, he said to his Companions, «قُومُوا إِلَى جَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَوَاتُ وَالْأَرْض»(Get ready and march forth towards a Paradise as wide as the heavens and earth.) `Umayr bin Al-Humam said, "As wide as the heavens and earth" The Messenger said, «نَعَم»(Yes) `Umayr said, "Excellent! Excellent!" The Messenger asked him, «مَا يَحْمِلُكَ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ: بَخٍ بَخ»(What makes you say, `Excellent! Excellent!') He said, "The hope that I might be one of its dwellers." The Prophet said, «فَإِنَّكَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا»(You are one of its people.) Umayr went ahead, broke the scabbard of his sword, took some dates and started eating from them. He then threw the dates from his hand, saying, "Verily, if I lived until I finished eating these dates, then it is indeed a long life." He went ahead, fought and was killed, may Allah be pleased with him. Allah said next, commanding the believers and conveying good news to them, إِن يَكُن مِّنكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَـبِرُونَ يَغْلِبُواْ مِاْئَتَيْنِ وَإِن يَكُنْ مُّنكُمْ مِّاْئَةٌ يَغْلِبُواْ أَلْفًا مِّنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ(If there are twenty steadfast persons among you, they will overcome two hundred, and if there be a hundred steadfast persons, they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve.) The Ayah says, one Muslim should endure ten disbelievers. Allah abrogated this part later on, but the good news remained. `Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak said that Jarir bin Hazim narrated to them that, Az-Zubayr bin Al-Khirrit narrated to him, from `Ikrimah, from Ibn `Abbas, "When this verse was revealed, إِن يَكُن مِّنكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَـبِرُونَ يَغْلِبُواْ مِاْئَتَيْنِ(If there are twenty steadfast persons among you, they will overcome two hundred...) it became difficult for the Muslims, when Allah commanded that one Muslim is required to endure ten idolators. Soon after, this matter was made easy, الَـنَ خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنكُمْ(Now Allah has lightened your (task)), until, يَغْلِبُواْ مِاْئَتَيْنِ(they shall overcome two hundred. ..) Allah lowered the number of adversaries that Muslims are required to endure, and thus, made the required patience less, compatible to the decrease in numbers." Al-Bukhari recorded a similar narration from Ibn Al-Mubarak. Muhammad bin Ishaq recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, "When this Ayah was revealed, it was difficult for the Muslims, for they thought it was burdensome since twenty should fight two hundred, and a hundred against a thousand. Allah made this ruling easy for them and abrogated this Ayah with another Ayah, الَـنَ خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَنكُمْ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ ضَعْفاً(Now Allah has lightened your (task), for He knows that there is weakness in you...) Thereafter, if Muslims were half as many as their enemy, they were not allowed to run away from them. If the Muslims were fewer than that, they were not obligated to fight the disbelievers and thus allowed to avoid hostilities." 