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3:166
وما اصابكم يوم التقى الجمعان فباذن الله وليعلم المومنين ١٦٦
وَمَآ أَصَـٰبَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١٦٦
وَمَآ
أَصَٰبَكُمۡ
يَوۡمَ
ٱلۡتَقَى
ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ
فَبِإِذۡنِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَلِيَعۡلَمَ
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
١٦٦
So what you suffered on the day the two armies met was by Allah’s Will, so that He might distinguish the ˹true˺ believers
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You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 3:165 to 3:167

In the confrontation between truth and untruth, truth is always destined to have the final victory, because truth always has God on its side. However, this world being a world of trial, mischief-mongers too have full freedom of action. That is why at times, by exploiting some weakness of the believers—for instance, mutual dissension—they are able to inflict temporary harm on them. Yet such happenings, though tragic in appearance, have a good side to them as well, for in this way Muslims are put to the test. In the face of unfavourable situations, the insincere fall away, while the true believers persevere because of their total trust in God. In this way, it becomes clear who are the trustworthy and who are not. Furthermore, God’s mercy is all the more focussed upon them, when, after incurring loss due to their inadvertent mistakes, the believers turn to God once again in all patience and humility.

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
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