help Allah, He will help you
تَنصُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ يَنصُرْكُمْ
tanṣurū llaha yanṣurkum — if you help Allah, He will help you
In (47:7) the single root ن ص ر is used twice in one verse, with the action passing from the addressees to Allah and then back from Allah to the addressees, framed as a conditional promise.
The verse (47:7) opens with a direct address to 'those who have believed' and then sets a condition and a consequence built on one verb root used twice. The first occurrence, تَنصُرُوا۟, is a second-person masculine plural imperfect in the jussive mood, governed by the conditional particle إِن ('if'): the addressees are the ones who would perform the helping, and its object is Allah. The second occurrence, يَنصُرْكُمْ, is a third-person masculine singular imperfect, likewise jussive, with a second-person masculine plural object suffix: the helper is now Allah, and the ones helped are the same addressees. The two clauses thus mirror each other: the verb root is identical, the parties are the same, but their roles are reversed, so the action passes between them in both directions. The jussive mood of the second verb, coordinated with the following وَيُثَبِّتْ ('and make firm'), places the divine response as the consequence of the stated condition. The verse adds a second outcome joined to the mirrored verb: 'and make your footsteps firm' (47:7), so the return action is described as extending beyond the verb ن ص ر itself. The structure is a conditional pair in which the addressees' act is answered by an act of the same kind directed back at them.
Where it occurs
- 47:7 The verse's condition and consequence: 'if you help Allah' is answered by 'He will help you', the same root with the parties' roles reversed.
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