Surah Al-'Anfāl (The Spoils of War) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. يسألونك عن الأنفال قل الأنفال لله والرسول فاتقوا الله وأصلحوا ذات بينكم وأطيعوا الله ورسوله إن كنتم مؤمنين

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   They ask you concerning the anfaal. Say, ‘The anfaal belong to Allah and the Apostle.’ So be wary of Allah and settle your differences, and obey Allah and His Apostle, should you be faithful.

   yasʾalūnaka ʿani l-ʾanfāli quli l-ʾanfālu li-llāhi wa-r-rasūli fa-ttaqū llāha wa-ʾaṣliḥū dhāta baynikum wa-ʾaṭīʿū llāha wa-rasūlahū ʾin kuntum muʾminīna

2. إنما المؤمنون الذين إذا ذكر الله وجلت قلوبهم وإذا تليت عليهم آياته زادتهم إيمانا وعلى ربهم يتوكلون

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   The faithful are only those whose hearts tremble [with awe] when Allah is mentioned, and when His signs are recited to them, they increase their faith, and who put their trust in their Lord,

   ʾinnamā l-muʾminūna lladhīna ʾidhā dhukira llāhu wajilat qulūbuhum wa-ʾidhā tuliyat ʿalayhim ʾāyātuhū zādathum ʾīmānan wa-ʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūna

3. الذين يقيمون الصلاة ومما رزقناهم ينفقون

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   maintain the prayer and spend out of what We have provided them.

   alladhīna yuqīmūna ṣ-ṣalāta wa-mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūna

4. أولئك هم المؤمنون حقا لهم درجات عند ربهم ومغفرة ورزق كريم

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   It is they who are truly the faithful. They shall have ranks near their Lord, forgiveness and a noble provision.

   ʾulāʾika humu l-muʾminūna ḥaqqan lahum darajātun ʿinda rabbihim wa-maghfiratun wa-rizqun karīmun

5. كما أخرجك ربك من بيتك بالحق وإن فريقا من المؤمنين لكارهون

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   As your Lord brought you out from your home with a just cause, a part of the faithful were indeed reluctant.

   ka-mā ʾakhrajaka rabbuka min baytika bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-ʾinna farīqan mina l-muʾminīna la-kārihūna

6. يجادلونك في الحق بعد ما تبين كأنما يساقون إلى الموت وهم ينظرون

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   They disputed with you concerning the truth after it had become clear, as if they were being driven towards death as they looked on.

   yujādilūnaka fī l-ḥaqqi baʿda mā tabayyana ka-ʾannamā yusāqūna ʾilā l-mawti wa-hum yanẓurūna

7. وإذ يعدكم الله إحدى الطائفتين أنها لكم وتودون أن غير ذات الشوكة تكون لكم ويريد الله أن يحق الحق بكلماته ويقطع دابر الكافرين

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   When Allah promised you [victory over] one of the two companies, [saying], ‘It is for you,’ you were eager that it should be the one that was unarmed. But Allah desires to confirm the truth with His words, and to root out the faithless,

   wa-ʾidh yaʿidukumu llāhu ʾiḥdā ṭ-ṭāʾifatayni ʾannahā lakum wa-tawaddūna ʾanna ghayra dhāti sh-shawkati takūnu lakum wa-yurīdu llāhu ʾan yuḥiqqa l-ḥaqqa bi-kalimātihī wa-yaqṭaʿa dābira l-kāfirīna

8. ليحق الحق ويبطل الباطل ولو كره المجرمون

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   so that He may confirm the truth and bring falsehood to naught, though the guilty should be averse.

   li-yuḥiqqa l-ḥaqqa wa-yubṭila l-bāṭila wa-law kariha l-mujrimūna