Surah Anfal ayat 26 Tafsir Quran 8:26

﴿وَاذْكُرُوا إِذْ أَنتُمْ قَلِيلٌ مُّسْتَضْعَفُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ تَخَافُونَ أَن يَتَخَطَّفَكُمُ النَّاسُ فَآوَاكُمْ وَأَيَّدَكُم بِنَصْرِهِ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ﴾
[ الأنفال: 26]

8:26 And remember when you were few and oppressed in the land, fearing that people might abduct you, but He sheltered you, supported you with His victory, and provided you with good things - that you might be grateful.

And remember when you were few and oppressed in the land the land of Mecca and were fearful lest men should snatch you away lest the disbelievers should seize you swiftly; how He gave you refuge in Medina and reinforced you strengthened you with His help on the day of Badr with the angels and provided you with the good things the spoils that you might be thankful for His graces.

Remember, you were some few viewed with contempt, living in fear of persecution, abduction and exile, and Allah put you under His tutelage, gave you shelter and made you strong in influence and authority and gave you security of position and reinforced you by His additional support and made victory sit on your helm. He provided you with victuals of the various good and wholesome kinds hoping you would impel yourselves to gratitude and gratefulness

Reminding Muslims of Their previous State of Weakness and Subjugation which changed into Might and Triumph Allah, the Exalted, reminds His believing servants of His blessings and favors on them.
They were few and He made them many, weak and fearful and He provided them with strength and victory.
They were meek and poor, and He granted them sustenance and livelihood.
He ordered them to be grateful to Him, and they obeyed Him and implemented what He commanded. When the believers were still in Makkah they were few, practicing their religion in secret, oppressed, fearing that pagans, fire worshippers or Romans might kidnap them from the various parts of Allah's earth, for they were all enemies of the Muslims, especially since Muslims were few and weak.
Later on, Allah permitted the believers to migrate to Al-Madinah, where He allowed them to settle in a safe resort.
Allah made the people of Al-Madinah their allies, giving them refuge and support during Badr and other battles.
They helped the Migrants with their wealth and gave up their lives in obedience of Allah and His Messenger .
Qatadah bin Di`amah As-Sadusi commented, وَاذْكُرُواْ إِذْ أَنتُمْ قَلِيلٌ مُّسْتَضْعَفُونَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ ( And remember when you were few and were reckoned weak in the land, ) "Arabs were the weakest of the weak, had the toughest life, the emptiest stomachs, the barest skin and the most obvious misguidance.
Those who lived among them lived in misery; those who died went to the Fire.
They were being eaten up, but unable to eat up others! By Allah! We do not know of a people on the face of the earth at that time who had a worse life than them.
When Allah brought Islam, He made it dominant on the earth, thus bringing provisions and leadership for them over the necks of people.
It is through Islam that Allah granted all what you see, so thank Him for His favors, for your Lord is One Who bestows favors and likes praise.
Verily, those who thank Allah enjoy even more bounties from Him."

(8:26) And recall when you were few in numbers and deemed weak in the land, fearful lest people do away with you. Then He provided you refuge, strengthened you with His help, and provided you sustenance with good things that you may be grateful. *21

And remember when you were few and meaning

*21).
The reference to gratefulness in the verse is worthy of reflection.
Bearing in mind the subject under discussion, it appears that gratefulness does not simply mean that Muslims should acknowledge God's favour to them insofar as He rescued them from their state of abject weakness.
God had not only salvaged them from an insecure life in Makka and provided them with a haven of security in Madina where they enjoyed an abundance of livelihood.
Gratefulness does not simply require all that.
Apart from acknowledging God's favour, gratefulness also demands that Muslims should faithfully obey God and His Messenger out of a consciousness of God's munificence, out of loyalty and devotion to the Prophet's mission, and should cast aside all dangers, hardships and misfortunes that might confront them.
In their struggle for God's cause Muslims should have complete trust in God Who has helped them on earlier occasions and Who has delivered them from dangers.
The Muslims should also have faith that if they work sincerely in God's cause He will certainly help and protect them.
Hence, the gratefulness expected of the Muslims does not simply consist of a verbal acknowledgement of God's benefaction.
Gratefulness to God should manifest itself in actual deeds as well.
If someone were to acknowledge the favour of his Lord, and yet is slack in seeking His good pleasure, lacks sincerity in serving Him, and entertains doubts that God's benefaction will continue in the future, then that can hardly be characterized as gratitude.

 

Reminding Muslims of Their previous State of Weakness and Subjugation which changed into Might and Triumph Allah, the Exalted, reminds His believing servants of His blessings and favors on them.
They were few and He made them many, weak and fearful and He provided them with strength and victory.
They were meek and poor, and He granted them sustenance and livelihood.
He ordered them to be grateful to Him, and they obeyed Him and implemented what He commanded. When the believers were still in Makkah they were few, practicing their religion in secret, oppressed, fearing that pagans, fire worshippers or Romans might kidnap them from the various parts of Allah's earth, for they were all enemies of the Muslims, especially since Muslims were few and weak.
Later on, Allah permitted the believers to migrate to Al-Madinah, where He allowed them to settle in a safe resort.
Allah made the people of Al-Madinah their allies, giving them refuge and support during Badr and other battles.
They helped the Migrants with their wealth and gave up their lives in obedience of Allah and His Messenger .
Qatadah bin Di`amah As-Sadusi commented, وَاذْكُرُواْ إِذْ أَنتُمْ قَلِيلٌ مُّسْتَضْعَفُونَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ ( And remember when you were few and were reckoned weak in the land, ) "Arabs were the weakest of the weak, had the toughest life, the emptiest stomachs, the barest skin and the most obvious misguidance.
Those who lived among them lived in misery; those who died went to the Fire.
They were being eaten up, but unable to eat up others! By Allah! We do not know of a people on the face of the earth at that time who had a worse life than them.
When Allah brought Islam, He made it dominant on the earth, thus bringing provisions and leadership for them over the necks of people.
It is through Islam that Allah granted all what you see, so thank Him for His favors, for your Lord is One Who bestows favors and likes praise.
Verily, those who thank Allah enjoy even more bounties from Him."

( And remember ) O group of Emigrants, ( when ye were few ) in number ( and reckoned feeble ) oppressed ( in the land ) the land of Mecca, ( and were in fear lest men should extirpate you ) you feared that the people of Mecca would expel or imprison you, ( how He gave you refuge ) in Medina, ( and strengthened you with His help ) i.e. He assisted and gave you strength when He made you victorious on the Day of Badr, ( and made provision of good things ) the spoils of war ( for you, that haply ye might be thankful ) in order that you give thanks for His bounty: victory and the spoils of war on the Day of Badr.

And remember when you were few and were reckoned weak in the land, and were afraid that men might kidnap you, but He provided a safe place for you, strengthened you with His Help, and provided you with good things so that you might be grateful.

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