Surah Al-Anfaal

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَعَنِٱلْأَنفَالِقُلِٱلْأَنفَالُلِلَّهِوَٱلرَّسُولِفَٱتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَأَصْلِحُوا۟ذَاتَبَيْنِكُمْوَأَطِيعُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥٓإِنكُنتُممُّؤْمِنِينَ

HEY WILL ASK thee about the spoils of war. Say: "All spoils of war belong to God and the Apostle." Remain, then, conscious of God, and keep alive the bonds of brotherhood among yourselves, and pay heed unto God and His Apostle, if you are [truly] believers!

إِنَّمَاٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَٱلَّذِينَإِذَاذُكِرَٱللَّهُوَجِلَتْقُلُوبُهُمْوَإِذَاتُلِيَتْعَلَيْهِمْءَايَٰتُهُۥزَادَتْهُمْإِيمَٰنًۭاوَعَلَىٰرَبِّهِمْيَتَوَكَّلُونَ

Believers are only they whose hearts tremble with awe whenever God is mentioned, and whose faith is strengthened whenever His messages are conveyed unto them, and who in their Sustainer place their trust -

ٱلَّذِينَيُقِيمُونَٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَمِمَّارَزَقْنَٰهُمْيُنفِقُونَ

those who are constant in prayer and spend on others out of what We provide for them as sustenance:

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَحَقًّۭالَّهُمْدَرَجَٰتٌعِندَرَبِّهِمْوَمَغْفِرَةٌۭوَرِزْقٌۭكَرِيمٌۭ

it is they, they who are truly believers! Theirs shall be great dignity in their Sustainer's sight, and forgiveness of sins, and a most excellent sustenance.

كَمَآأَخْرَجَكَرَبُّكَمِنۢبَيْتِكَبِٱلْحَقِّوَإِنَّفَرِيقًۭامِّنَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَلَكَٰرِهُونَ

EVEN AS thy Sustainer brought thee forth from thy home [to fight] in the cause of the truth, although some of the believers were averse to it,

يُجَٰدِلُونَكَفِىٱلْحَقِّبَعْدَمَاتَبَيَّنَكَأَنَّمَايُسَاقُونَإِلَىٱلْمَوْتِوَهُمْيَنظُرُونَ

[so, too,] they would argue with thee about the truth [itself] after it had become manifest - just as if they were being driven towards death and beheld it with their very eyes.

وَإِذْيَعِدُكُمُٱللَّهُإِحْدَىٱلطَّآئِفَتَيْنِأَنَّهَالَكُمْوَتَوَدُّونَأَنَّغَيْرَذَاتِٱلشَّوْكَةِتَكُونُلَكُمْوَيُرِيدُٱللَّهُأَنيُحِقَّٱلْحَقَّبِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦوَيَقْطَعَدَابِرَٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

And, lo, God gave you the promise that one of the two [enemy] hosts would fall to you: and you would have liked to seize the less powerful one, whereas it was God's will to prove the truth to be true in accordance with His words, and to wipe out the last remnant of those who denied the truth -

لِيُحِقَّٱلْحَقَّوَيُبْطِلَٱلْبَٰطِلَوَلَوْكَرِهَٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

so that He might prove the truth to be true and the false to be false, however hateful this might be to those who were lost in sin.

إِذْتَسْتَغِيثُونَرَبَّكُمْفَٱسْتَجَابَلَكُمْأَنِّىمُمِدُّكُمبِأَلْفٍۢمِّنَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِمُرْدِفِينَ

Lo! You were praying unto your Sustainer for aid, whereupon He thus responded to you: "I shall, verily, aid you with a thousand angels following one upon' another!"

وَمَاجَعَلَهُٱللَّهُإِلَّابُشْرَىٰوَلِتَطْمَئِنَّبِهِۦقُلُوبُكُمْوَمَاٱلنَّصْرُإِلَّامِنْعِندِٱللَّهِإِنَّٱللَّهَعَزِيزٌحَكِيمٌ

And God ordained this only as a glad tiding, and that your hearts should thereby be set at rest-since no succour can come from any save God: verily, God is almighty, wise!

إِذْيُغَشِّيكُمُٱلنُّعَاسَأَمَنَةًۭمِّنْهُوَيُنَزِّلُعَلَيْكُممِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِمَآءًۭلِّيُطَهِّرَكُمبِهِۦوَيُذْهِبَعَنكُمْرِجْزَٱلشَّيْطَٰنِوَلِيَرْبِطَعَلَىٰقُلُوبِكُمْوَيُثَبِّتَبِهِٱلْأَقْدَامَ

[Remember how it was] when He caused inner calm to enfold you, as an assurance from Him, and sent down upon you water from the skies, so that He might purify you thereby and free you from Satan's unclean whisperings and strengthen your hearts and thus make firm your steps.

إِذْيُوحِىرَبُّكَإِلَىٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِأَنِّىمَعَكُمْفَثَبِّتُوا۟ٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟سَأُلْقِىفِىقُلُوبِٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ٱلرُّعْبَفَٱضْرِبُوا۟فَوْقَٱلْأَعْنَاقِوَٱضْرِبُوا۟مِنْهُمْكُلَّبَنَانٍۢ

Lo! Thy Sustainer inspired the angels [to convey this His message to the believers]: "I am with you!" [And He commanded the angels:] "And, give firmness unto those who have attained to faith [with these words from Me]: `I shall cast terror into the hearts of those who are bent on denying the truth; strike, then, their necks, [O believers,] and strike off every one of their finger-tips!"

ذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّهُمْشَآقُّوا۟ٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥوَمَنيُشَاقِقِٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥفَإِنَّٱللَّهَشَدِيدُٱلْعِقَابِ

This, because they have cut themselves off from God and His Apostle: and as for him who cuts himself off from God and His Apostle - verily, God is severe in retribution.

ذَٰلِكُمْفَذُوقُوهُوَأَنَّلِلْكَٰفِرِينَعَذَابَٱلنَّارِ

This [for you, O enemies of God]! Taste it, then, [and know] that suffering through fire awaits those who deny the truth!

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟إِذَالَقِيتُمُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟زَحْفًۭافَلَاتُوَلُّوهُمُٱلْأَدْبَارَ

O YOU who have attained to faith! When you meet in battle those who are bent on denying the truth, advancing in great force, do not turn your backs on them:

وَمَنيُوَلِّهِمْيَوْمَئِذٍۢدُبُرَهُۥٓإِلَّامُتَحَرِّفًۭالِّقِتَالٍأَوْمُتَحَيِّزًاإِلَىٰفِئَةٍۢفَقَدْبَآءَبِغَضَبٍۢمِّنَٱللَّهِوَمَأْوَىٰهُجَهَنَّمُوَبِئْسَٱلْمَصِيرُ

for, whoever on that day turns his back on them-unless it be in a battle manoeuvre or in an endeavour to join another troop [of the believers] - shall indeed have earned the burden of God's condemnation, and his goal shall be hell: and how vile a journey's end!

فَلَمْتَقْتُلُوهُمْوَلَٰكِنَّٱللَّهَقَتَلَهُمْوَمَارَمَيْتَإِذْرَمَيْتَوَلَٰكِنَّٱللَّهَرَمَىٰوَلِيُبْلِىَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَمِنْهُبَلَآءًحَسَنًاإِنَّٱللَّهَسَمِيعٌعَلِيمٌۭ

And yet, [O believers,] it was not you who slew the enemy, but it was God who slew them; and it was not thou who cast [terror into them, O Prophet], when thou didst cast it, but it was God who cast it: and [He did all this] in order that He might test the believers by a goodly test of His Own or daining. Verily, God is all-hearing, all-knowing!

ذَٰلِكُمْوَأَنَّٱللَّهَمُوهِنُكَيْدِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

This [was God's purpose] -and also [to show] that God renders vain the artful schemes of those who deny the truth.

إِنتَسْتَفْتِحُوا۟فَقَدْجَآءَكُمُٱلْفَتْحُوَإِنتَنتَهُوا۟فَهُوَخَيْرٌۭلَّكُمْوَإِنتَعُودُوا۟نَعُدْوَلَنتُغْنِىَعَنكُمْفِئَتُكُمْشَيْـًۭٔاوَلَوْكَثُرَتْوَأَنَّٱللَّهَمَعَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

If you have been praying for victory, [O believers] - victory has now indeed come unto you. And if you abstain [from sinning], it will be for your own good; but if you revert to it, We shall revoke [Our promise of aid] - and never will your community be of any avail to you, however great its numbers: for, behold, God is [only] with those who believe!

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟أَطِيعُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥوَلَاتَوَلَّوْا۟عَنْهُوَأَنتُمْتَسْمَعُونَ

[Hence,] O you who have attained to faith, pay heed unto God and His Apostle, and do not turn away from Him now that you hear [His message];