Surah At-Tawba · Ayah 40·Madanī

40

إِلَّا فَقَدْ إِذْ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذْ هُمَا فِى إِذْ لَا إِنَّ مَعَنَا عَلَيْهِ لَّمْ ٱلَّذِينَ هِىَ ﴿٤٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

If you do not aid the Prophet - Allah has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us." And Allah sent down his tranquillity upon him and supported him with angels you did not see and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allah - that is the highest. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

فضیلت تراشی بی‌مورد

این آیه به داستان خروج مخفیانة پیامبر(ص) از مکه - به خاطر توطئُةٌ مشرکان قریش علیه او - و پنهان شدن در غار ثور و نجات اعجازآمیز او از چنگال مشرکان اشاره می‌کند (برای اطلاع بیشتر به تفسیر اطیب‌البیان در ذیل این آیه مراجعه شود). در این مختصرء به دو نکته اشاره می‌شود: اولا این که آیه می‌فرماید «در حالی که دومین نفر بود» اشاره به تنهایی و غربت پیامبر(ص) دارد و هیچ کاری با نفر دیگر و هویت او ندارد و به طور کلی معنی آیه این است ای موّمنان» اگر شما پیامبر را یاری نکنیدء خداوند در هنگامی که هیچ کسی با او نبود که یاری‌اش کندهء او را یاری و از او دفاع کرد؛ در حالی که دشمنان همگی علیه او پشت به پشت هم نموده و از هر طرف او را احاطه کرده بودند و می‌خواستند او را بکشند و او چاره‌ای جز بیرون رفتن از مکه نداشت؛ در حالی که یکی از دو نفر بود و آنها در غار بودند و پیامبر به همراهش» ابوبکر» فرمود: از این وضعیتی که می‌بینی» غمگین مباش؛ چرا که خدا با ماست و یاری به دست اوست. پس خدا پیامبرش را یاری کرد. ثانیاً امدادهایی که در این آیه ذکر شده است - یعنی فرستادن آرامش و تقویت پیامبر با لشکرهایی که مشاهده نمی‌شد - به پیامبر(ص) برمی‌گردد نه همراه او. > **پانوشت صفحه (منابع):** > ۱- المیزان» 4۸ ص ۲۸۰ > ۲ نمونهء ج۷ء ص ۴۱۲ > ۱- المیزان» ۸ ص ۲۸۰ ۲ نمونهء ج۷ء ص ۴۱۲ ۳ پیشین» ص ۴۱۸ > **Cited sources** (grade before any load-bearing use): Tafsīr Nemūneh, al-Mīzān, Aṭyab al-Bayān.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 20 roots in 28 of 43 words

Rarest here: غ-و-ر 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 49 points across 8 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī21
  • Ikhfāʾ5
  • Heavy rāʾ7
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah8
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy Allāh5

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

43 words · 175 letters · 5 proper nouns · āyah 40 of 129

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • إِن يَنصُرْكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمْ وَإِن يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَنصُرُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

    If Allah should aid you, no one can overcome you; but if He should forsake you, who is there that can aid you after Him? And upon Allah let the believers rely.

  • وَيَنصُرَكَ ٱللَّهُ نَصْرًا عَزِيزًا

    And [that] Allah may aid you with a mighty victory.

  • وَأَصْبَحَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَمَنَّوْا۟ مَكَانَهُۥ بِٱلْأَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ لَوْلَآ أَن مَّنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَا وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

    And those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allah extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allah had…

  • وَرَدَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِغَيْظِهِمْ لَمْ يَنَالُوا۟ خَيْرًا وَكَفَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلْقِتَالَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ قَوِيًّا عَزِيزًا

    And Allah repelled those who disbelieved, in their rage, not having obtained any good. And sufficient was Allah for the believers in battle, and ever is Allah Powerful and Exalted…

  • أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُۥ وَيُخَوِّفُونَكَ بِٱلَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍ

    Is not Allah sufficient for His Servant [Prophet Muhammad]? And [yet], they threaten you with those [they worship] other than Him. And whoever Allah leaves astray - for him there…

  • وَإِن يُرِيدُوٓا۟ أَن يَخْدَعُوكَ فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِۦ وَبِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    But if they intend to deceive you - then sufficient for you is Allah. It is He who supported you with His help and with the believers

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • At-Tawba 9:265 shared roots

    ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَنزَلَ جُنُودًا لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَعَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    ج-ن-دس-ك-نن-ز-لر-أ-يك-ف-ر

  • At-Tawba 9:265 shared roots

    ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَنزَلَ جُنُودًا لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَعَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    ج-ن-دس-ك-نن-ز-لر-أ-يك-ف-ر

  • Al-Fath 48:74 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا

    ج-ن-دع-ز-زح-ك-مأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Fath 48:45 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ إِيمَٰنًا مَّعَ إِيمَٰنِهِمْ وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا

    ج-ن-دس-ك-نح-ك-من-ز-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:24 shared roots

    تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

    ع-ز-زح-ك-من-ز-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:24 shared roots

    تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

    ع-ز-زح-ك-من-ز-لأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 9:40?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 9:40 include Quran 3:160 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 48:3 (Surah Al-Fath), Quran 28:82 (Surah Al-Qasas), and Quran 33:25 (Surah Al-Ahzaab). For example, 3:160 reads: “If Allah should aid you, no one can overcome you; but if He should forsake you, who is there that can aid you after Him? And upon Allah let the believers rely.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 9:40 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 9:40 (Surah At-Tawba, The Repentance) reads: “If you do not aid the Prophet - Allah has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us." And Allah sent down his…”

Which surah is verse 9:40 in?

Quran 9:40 is āyah 40 of Surah At-Tawba (The Repentance), chapter 9 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 129 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 9:40?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 9:40 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 9:40?

Tartīl presents Quran 9:40 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.