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اِلَّا تَنْصُرُوْهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللّٰهُ اِذْ اَخْرَجَهُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ اِذْ هُمَا فِى الْغَارِ اِذْ يَقُوْلُ لِصَاحِبِهٖ لَا تَحْزَنْ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ مَعَنَاۚ فَاَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ سَكِيْنَتَهٗ عَلَيْهِ وَاَيَّدَهٗ بِجُنُوْدٍ لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا السُّفْلٰىۗ وَكَلِمَةُ اللّٰهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَاۗ وَاللّٰهُ عَزِيْزٌ حَكِيْمٌ   ( التوبة: ٤٠ )

illā
إِلَّا
If not
tanṣurūhu
تَنصُرُوهُ
you help him
faqad
فَقَدْ
certainly
naṣarahu
نَصَرَهُ
Allah helped him
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah helped him
idh
إِذْ
when
akhrajahu
أَخْرَجَهُ
drove him out
alladhīna
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
kafarū
كَفَرُوا۟
disbelieved
thāniya
ثَانِىَ
the second
ith'nayni
ٱثْنَيْنِ
(of) the two
idh
إِذْ
when
humā
هُمَا
they both
فِى
(were) in
l-ghāri
ٱلْغَارِ
the cave
idh
إِذْ
when
yaqūlu
يَقُولُ
he said
liṣāḥibihi
لِصَٰحِبِهِۦ
to his companion
لَا
"(Do) not
taḥzan
تَحْزَنْ
grieve
inna
إِنَّ
indeed
l-laha
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
maʿanā
مَعَنَاۖ
(is) with us"
fa-anzala
فَأَنزَلَ
Then Allah sent down
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Then Allah sent down
sakīnatahu
سَكِينَتَهُۥ
His tranquility
ʿalayhi
عَلَيْهِ
upon him
wa-ayyadahu
وَأَيَّدَهُۥ
and supported him
bijunūdin
بِجُنُودٍ
with forces
lam
لَّمْ
which you did not see
tarawhā
تَرَوْهَا
which you did not see
wajaʿala
وَجَعَلَ
and made
kalimata
كَلِمَةَ
(the) word
alladhīna
ٱلَّذِينَ
(of) those who
kafarū
كَفَرُوا۟
disbelieved
l-suf'lā
ٱلسُّفْلَىٰۗ
the lowest
wakalimatu
وَكَلِمَةُ
while (the) Word
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
hiya
هِىَ
it (is)
l-ʿul'yā
ٱلْعُلْيَاۗ
the highest
wal-lahu
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
ʿazīzun
عَزِيزٌ
(is) All-Mighty
ḥakīmun
حَكِيمٌ
All-Wise

Illaa tansuroohu faqad nasarahul laahu iz akhrajahul lazeena kafaroo saaniyasnaini iz humaa filghaari iz yaqoolu lisaahibihee la tahzan innnal laaha ma'anaa fa anzalallaahu sakeenatahoo 'alaihi wa aiyadahoo bijunoodil lam tarawhaa wa ja'ala kalimatal lazeena kafarus suflaa; wa Kalimatul laahi hiyal 'ulyaa; wallaahu 'Azeezun Hakeem; (at-Tawbah 9:40)

Sahih International:

If you do not aid him [i.e., the Prophet (^)] – Allah has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he [i.e., Muhammad (^)] said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us." And Allah sent down His tranquility upon him and supported him with soldiers [i.e., angels] you did not see and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allah – that is the highest. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise. (At-Tawbah [9] : 40)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

If you do not help him, (it makes no difference to the Prophet, because) Allah has already helped him when the disbelievers expelled him, and he was the second of the two, when they were in the cave, and he was saying to his companion, “Do not grieve. Allah is surely with us.”So, Allah caused His tranquility to descend on him,and supported him with troops that you did not see, and rendered the word of the disbelievers humiliated. And the word of Allah is the uppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise.