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

1. وأطيعوا الله ورسوله ولا تنازعوا فتفشلوا وتذهب ريحكم واصبروا إن الله مع الصابرين

   46

   And obey Allah and His Apostle, and do not dispute, or you will lose heart and your power will be gone. And be patient; indeed Allah is with the patient.

   wa-ʾaṭīʿū llāha wa-rasūlahū wa-lā tanāzaʿū fa-tafshalū wa-tadhhaba rīḥukum wa-ṣbirū ʾinna llāha maʿa ṣ-ṣābirīna

2. ولا تكونوا كالذين خرجوا من ديارهم بطرا ورئاء الناس ويصدون عن سبيل الله والله بما يعملون محيط

   47

   Do not be like those who left their homes vainly and to show off to the people, and to bar [other people] from the way of Allah, and Allah comprehends what they do.

   wa-lā takūnū ka-lladhīna kharajū min diyārihim baṭaran wa-riʾāʾa n-nāsi wa-yaṣuddūna ʿan sabīli llāhi wa-llāhu bi-mā yaʿmalūna muḥīṭun

3. وإذ زين لهم الشيطان أعمالهم وقال لا غالب لكم اليوم من الناس وإني جار لكم فلما تراءت الفئتان نكص على عقبيه وقال إني بريء منكم إني أرى ما لا ترون إني أخاف الله والله شديد العقاب

   48

   When Satan made their deeds seem decorous to them, and said [to the faithless], ‘No one shall overcome you today from among all mankind, and I will stand by you.’ But when the two hosts sighted each other, he took to his heels, saying, ‘Indeed I am quit of you. I see what you do not see. Indeed I fear Allah, and Allah is severe in retribution.’

   wa-ʾidh zayyana lahumu sh-shayṭānu ʾaʿmālahum wa-qāla lā ghāliba lakumu l-yawma mina n-nāsi wa-ʾinnī jārun lakum fa-lammā tarāʾati l-fiʾatāni nakaṣa ʿalā ʿaqibayhi wa-qāla ʾinnī barīʾun minkum ʾinnī ʾarā mā lā tarawna ʾinnī ʾakhāfu llāha wa-llāhu shadīdu l-ʿiqābi

4. إذ يقول المنافقون والذين في قلوبهم مرض غر هؤلاء دينهم ومن يتوكل على الله فإن الله عزيز حكيم

   49

   When the hypocrites said, and [also] those in whose hearts is a sickness, ‘Their religion has deceived them.’ But whoever puts his trust in Allah, then Allah is indeed all-mighty, all-wise.

   ʾidh yaqūlu l-munāfiqūna wa-lladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun gharra hāʾulāʾi dīnuhum wa-man yatawakkal ʿalā llāhi fa-ʾinna llāha ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

5. ولو ترى إذ يتوفى الذين كفروا الملائكة يضربون وجوههم وأدبارهم وذوقوا عذاب الحريق

   50

   Were you to see when the angels take away the faithless, striking their faces and their backs, [saying], ‘Taste the punishment of the burning.

   wa-law tarā ʾidh yatawaffā lladhīna kafarū l-malāʾikatu yaḍribūna wujūhahum wa-ʾadbārahum wa-dhūqū ʿadhāba l-ḥarīqi

6. ذلك بما قدمت أيديكم وأن الله ليس بظلام للعبيد

   51

   That is because of what your hands have sent ahead, and because Allah is not tyrannical to the servants.’

   dhālika bi-mā qaddamat ʾaydīkum wa-ʾanna llāha laysa bi-ẓallāmin li-l-ʿabīdi

7. كدأب آل فرعون والذين من قبلهم كفروا بآيات الله فأخذهم الله بذنوبهم إن الله قوي شديد العقاب

   52

   Like the precedent of Pharaoh’s clan and those who were before them, who defied Allah’s signs, so Allah seized them for their sins. Indeed Allah is all-strong, severe in retribution.

   ka-daʾbi ʾāli firʿawna wa-lladhīna min qablihim kafarū bi-ʾāyāti llāhi fa-ʾakhadhahumu llāhu bi-dhunūbihim ʾinna llāha qawiyyun shadīdu l-ʿiqābi