Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
and all that befell you on the day when the two hosts met in battle happened by God's leave, so that He might mark out the [true] believers
Arthur John Arberry
And what visited you, the day the two hosts encountered, was by God's leave, and that He might know the believers
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
What ye suffered on the day the two armies Met, was with the leave of Allah, in order that He might test the believers,
Arabic
وَمَاۤ أَصَـٰبَكُمۡ یَوۡمَ ٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ فَبِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِیَعۡلَمَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِینَ ١٦٦
Transliteration (2021)
wamā aṣābakum yawma l-taqā l-jamʿāni fabi-idh'ni l-lahi waliyaʿlama l-mu'minīn