بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْفَتْحُ
When the help of Allah comes, and the victory,
Pickthall (1930): When Allah's succour and the triumph cometh
Quran · Surah 110 · 3 ayat
Surah An-Nasr
Divine Support
ٱلنَّصْر
Awaiting review by a scholar of this tradition. Original texts are public domain; the plain meanings and notes are written by IndiaDigital and are being checked. We describe what each tradition teaches, in its own terms, and never rank faiths. Report a correction
About this surah
Surah An-Nasr ('Help' or 'Victory') has 3 ayat and is Medinan, and it is among the last surahs to be revealed. It speaks of the help of Allah and the victory, widely understood as the opening of Makkah, which took place with very little fighting, after which people entered Islam in large groups. It asks that success be met with glorifying Allah and seeking His forgiveness, not with pride. A report in Bukhari says that the companion Ibn Abbas understood it as a sign that the mission of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was complete and that his life was nearing its end.
Allah's help and victoryHumility in successSeeking forgiveness
Read the surah
Arabic exactly as in the Tanzil text, then a plain meaning in your language. The Arabic is never read by a machine voice; "Listen" reads only the meanings.
وَرَأَيْتَ ٱلنَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِى دِينِ ٱللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا
and you see people entering the religion of Allah in large groups,
Pickthall (1930): And thou seest mankind entering the religion of Allah in troops,
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ تَوَّابًۢا
then glorify your Lord with His praise and ask His forgiveness. Truly, He is ever ready to accept repentance.
Pickthall (1930): Then hymn the praises of thy Lord, and seek forgiveness of Him. Lo! He is ever ready to show mercy.
Quick quiz
What comes, according to ayah 1?
According to ayah 2, how do people enter the religion of Allah?
What does ayah 3 ask for at the time of victory?
Your score: 0 / 3
Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani, Version 1.1), tanzil.net, CC BY 3.0, verbatim: tanzil.net. Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain; text from English Wikisource. Al-Fatiha aligned to the Hafs count (basmala as verse 1, his verses 6 and 7 joined); Quraysh: his verses 4 and 5 joined.. Plain meanings, introductions and quiz: IndiaDigital, awaiting review by an Islamic scholar.
Corrections from members of every tradition are welcome at support@indiadigital.org. Last checked: .