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كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَغۡلِبَنَّ أَنَا وَرُسُلِىٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ
Allah has written [i.e., decreed], “I will surely overcome, I and My messengers.” Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ
Allah has written [i.e., decreed],
Allah has ordained, declared, written:
لَأَغۡلِبَنَّ أَنَا وَرُسُلِىٓ
“I will surely overcome, I and My messengers.”
This is a divine decree, an unbreakable promise.
Therefore, even if the messengers are killed, they are victorious and triumphant in their cause, both by proof and by the sword.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ
Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
He has the power to fulfill this promise, and the authority to decree it.