What befell you on the day the two armies clashed was with Allah’s permission; that He may know the believers.
Aal 'Imran 3:166
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وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
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What befell you on the day the two armies clashed was with God’s permission; that He may know the believers.
What happened to you on the day the two groups met was by Allah's permission, so He could clearly show who the true believers are.
What happened to you on the day the two armies met was by Allah's permission, so He could clearly show who the true believers are.
What struck you on the day the two armies met was by God’s permission, and so that He might distinguish the believers.
What befell you on the day the two groups met was according to Allah's will; so that the believers may know.
What befell you on the day the two groups met was according to God's will; so that the believers may know.
And what struck you on the day the two armies met [at Uḥud] was by permission of Allāh that He might make evident the [true] believers
And what you suffered (of the disaster) on the day (of the battle of Uhud when) the two armies met, was by the leave of Allâh, in order that He might test the believers.
What you suffered on the day [of ’Uhud] when the two armies met was by Allah’s permission, so that He may distinguish the [true] believers,
What ye suffered on the day the two armies Met, was with the leave of Allah, in order that He might test the believers,-
That which befell you, on the day when the two armies met, was by permission of Allah; that He might know the true believers;
the misfortune which befell you on the day when the two armies met happened by God's leave, so that He might mark out the [true] believers
What befell you on the day when the two hosts met was by the leave of Allah, and in order that He might mark out those who believe
What befell you on the day when the two hosts met, was by Allah’s permission, so that He may ascertain the faithful,
Wama asabakum yawma iltaqa aljamAAani fabiithni Allahi waliyaAAlama almumineena