The Spoils of War 8:9

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Arabic English Morphology
إِذْ idh
When Noun
you were seeking help V
(of) your Lord Noun
فَٱسْتَجَابَ fa-is'tajāba
and He answered V
لَكُمْ lakum
[to] you Noun
أَنِّى annī
Indeed, I am Prep
going to reinforce you Noun
بِأَلْفٍ bi-alfin
with a thousand Noun
مِّنَ mina
of Prep
the Angels Noun
one after another Noun

When you begged your Lord for help, He answered you, ‘I will reinforce you with a thousand angels in succession.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

إِذۡ تَسۡتَغِیثُونَ رَبَّكُمۡ فَٱسۡتَجَابَ لَكُمۡ أَنِّی مُمِدُّكُم بِأَلۡفࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ مُرۡدِفِینَ ۝٩

idh tastaghīthūna rabbakum fa-is'tajāba lakum annī mumiddukum bi-alfin mina l-malāikati mur'difīn