وَكَأَيِّن مِّن نَّبِىٍّ قَـٰتَلَ مَعَهُۥ رِبِّيُّونَ كَثِيرٌ فَمَا وَهَنُوا۟ لِمَآ أَصَابَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا ضَعُفُوا۟ وَمَا ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ
Wa ka aiyim min Nabiyyin qaatala ma'ahoo ribbiyyoona kaseerun famaa wahanoo limaaa Asaabahum fee sabeelil laahi wa maa da'ufoo wa mas takaanoo; wallaahu yuhibbus saabireen
Dan berapa banyaknya nabi yang berperang bersama-sama mereka sejumlah besar dari pengikut(nya) yang bertakwa. Mereka tidak menjadi lemah karena bencana yang menimpa mereka di jalan Allah, dan tidak lesu dan tidak (pula) menyerah (kepada musuh). Allah menyukai orang-orang yang sabar.
How many a prophet has fought, and with him many devoted servants of the Lord. They did not lose heart at what struck them in the path of God, nor did they weaken, nor did they yield. And God loves those who are steadfast.
Uhud is three verses behind this one, and the rumour there was that Muhammad had been killed. The opening verb carries a difference the reciters preserved: qātala makes the prophet one who fought, qutila makes him one who was killed, and the second reading answers that rumour by pointing at prophets who died with their followers still standing. Either way the sentence moves on to what the men beside him did next.