Al-Ahzab 33:11

<h2>How the Believers were tested, and the Position of the Hypocrites during the Battle of Al-Khandaq</h2><p>Allah tells us what happened when the Confederates surrounded Al-Madinah and the Muslims were besieged and found themselves in straitened circumstances, with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in their midst. They were tried and tested, and were shaken with a mighty shaking. At this time hypocrisy emerged, and those in whose hearts was a disease spoke about what they really felt.</p><p>وَإِذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنَـفِقُونَ وَالَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ مَّا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ إِلاَّ غُرُوراً</p><p>(And when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease said: "Allah and His Messenger promised us nothing but delusion!") Their hypocrisy became apparent, while the one in whose heart was doubt became weak, and he expressed the ideas that were in his heart because of the weakness of his faith and the difficulty of the situation. And other people said, as Allah tells us:</p><p>وَإِذْ قَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْهُمْ يأَهْلَ .يَثْرِبَ</p><p>(And when a party of them said: "O people of Yathrib...") meaning Al-Madinah, as it was reported in the Sahih:</p><p>«أُرِيتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ دَارَ هِجْرَتِكُمْ، أَرْضٌ بَيْنَ حَرَّتَيْنِ، فَذَهَبَ وَهَلِي أَنَّهَا هَجَرُ فَإِذَا هِيَ يَثْرِب»</p><p>(I was shown in a dream the place to …

There were the believers sorely tried, and shaken with a mighty shock.

In that situation were the Believers tried: they were shaken as by a tremendous shaking.

There, the believers were tried and shaken with a mighty shaking.

There and then the believers were tested, and were shaken most severely.