Surah Al-Anfaal (8): Read Online and Download - English Translation
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Information About Surah Al-Anfaal
- Type of Surah Al-Anfaal: Medinan
- Number of verses in Surah Al-Anfaal: 75
- Order of Surah Al-Anfaal in Quran: 8
- Order of revelation: 88
- Surah name in English: The Spoils of War
- Page numbers in Quran: from page 177 to 186
- Translation: Saheeh International
- Tafsir: Arberry
Surah Al-Anfaal
سُورَةُ الأَنفَالِ
Page 177 (Verses from 1 to 8)
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English Translation
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the bounties [of war]. Say, "The [decision concerning] bounties is for Allah and the Messenger." So fear Allah and amend that which is between you and obey Allah and His Messenger, if you should be believers.English Transliteration
Yasaloonaka AAani alanfali quli alanfalu lillahi waalrrasooli faittaqoo Allaha waaslihoo thata baynikum waateeAAoo Allaha warasoolahu in kuntum mumineena
They will question thee concerning the spoils. Say: 'The spoils belong to God and the Messenger; so fear you God, and set things right between you, and obey you God and His Messenger, if you are believers.'
English Translation
The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts become fearful, and when His verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith; and upon their Lord they rely -English Transliteration
Innama almuminoona allatheena itha thukira Allahu wajilat quloobuhum waitha tuliyat AAalayhim ayatuhu zadathum eemanan waAAala rabbihim yatawakkaloona
Those only are believers who, when God is mentioned, their hearts quake, and when His signs are recited to them, it increases them in faith, and in their Lord they put their trust,
English Translation
The ones who establish prayer, and from what We have provided them, they spend.English Transliteration
Allatheena yuqeemoona alssalata wamimma razaqnahum yunfiqoona
those who perform the prayer, and expend of what We have provided them,
English Translation
Those are the believers, truly. For them are degrees [of high position] with their Lord and forgiveness and noble provision.English Transliteration
Olaika humu almuminoona haqqan lahum darajatun AAinda rabbihim wamaghfiratun warizqun kareemun
those in truth are the believers; they have degrees with their Lord, and forgiveness, and generous provision.
English Translation
[It is] just as when your Lord brought you out of your home [for the battle of Badr] in truth, while indeed, a party among the believers were unwilling,English Transliteration
Kama akhrajaka rabbuka min baytika bialhaqqi wainna fareeqan mina almumineena lakarihoona
As thy Lord brought thee forth from thy house with the truth, and a part of the believers were averse to it,
English Translation
Arguing with you concerning the truth after it had become clear, as if they were being driven toward death while they were looking on.English Transliteration
Yujadiloonaka fee alhaqqi baAAdama tabayyana kaannama yusaqoona ila almawti wahum yanthuroona
disputing with thee concerning the truth after it had become clear, as though they were being driven into death with their eyes wide open.
English Translation
[Remember, O believers], when Allah promised you one of the two groups - that it would be yours - and you wished that the unarmed one would be yours. But Allah intended to establish the truth by His words and to eliminate the disbelieversEnglish Transliteration
Waith yaAAidukumu Allahu ihda alttaifatayni annaha lakum watawaddoona anna ghayra thati alshshawkati takoonu lakum wayureedu Allahu an yuhiqqa alhaqqa bikalimatihi wayaqtaAAa dabira alkafireena
And when God promised you one of the two parties should be yours, and you were wishing that the one not accoutred should be yours; but God was desiring to verify the truth by His words, and to cut off the unbelievers to the last remnant,
English Translation
That He should establish the truth and abolish falsehood, even if the criminals disliked it.English Transliteration
Liyuhiqqa alhaqqa wayubtila albatila walaw kariha almujrimoona
and that He might verify the truth and prove untrue the untrue, though the sinners were averse to it.
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