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

1. وإن يريدوا أن يخدعوك فإن حسبك الله هو الذي أيدك بنصره وبالمؤمنين

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   But if they desire to deceive you, Allah is indeed sufficient for you. It is He who strengthened you with His help and with the means of the faithful,

   wa-ʾin yurīdū ʾan yakhdaʿūka fa-ʾinna ḥasbaka llāhu huwa lladhī ʾayyadaka bi-naṣrihī wa-bi-l-muʾminīna

2. وألف بين قلوبهم لو أنفقت ما في الأرض جميعا ما ألفت بين قلوبهم ولكن الله ألف بينهم إنه عزيز حكيم

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   and united their hearts. Had you spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts, but Allah united them together. Indeed He is all-mighty, all-wise.

   wa-ʾallafa bayna qulūbihim law ʾanfaqta mā fī l-ʾarḍi jamīʿan mā ʾallafta bayna qulūbihim wa-lākinna llāha ʾallafa baynahum ʾinnahū ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

3. يا أيها النبي حسبك الله ومن اتبعك من المؤمنين

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   O Prophet! Sufficient for you is Allah and those of the faithful who follow you.

   yā-ʾayyuhā n-nabiyyu ḥasbuka llāhu wa-mani ttabaʿaka mina l-muʾminīna

4. يا أيها النبي حرض المؤمنين على القتال إن يكن منكم عشرون صابرون يغلبوا مائتين وإن يكن منكم مائة يغلبوا ألفا من الذين كفروا بأنهم قوم لا يفقهون

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   O Prophet! Urge on the faithful to fight: If there be twenty patient men among you, they shall overcome two hundred; and if there be a hundred of you, they shall overcome a thousand of the faithless, for they are a lot who do not understand.

   yā-ʾayyuhā n-nabiyyu ḥarriḍi l-muʾminīna ʿalā l-qitāli ʾin yakun minkum ʿishrūna ṣābirūna yaghlibū miʾatayni wa-ʾin yakun minkum miʾatun yaghlibū ʾalfan mina lladhīna kafarū bi-ʾannahum qawmun lā yafqahūna

5. الآن خفف الله عنكم وعلم أن فيكم ضعفا فإن يكن منكم مائة صابرة يغلبوا مائتين وإن يكن منكم ألف يغلبوا ألفين بإذن الله والله مع الصابرين

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   Now Allah has lightened your burden, knowing that there is weakness in you. So if there be a hundred patient men among you, they shall overcome two hundred; and if there be a thousand, they shall overcome two thousand, by Allah’s leave; and Allah is with the patient.

   al-ʾāna khaffafa llāhu ʿankum wa-ʿalima ʾanna fīkum ḍaʿfan fa-ʾin yakun minkum miʾatun ṣābiratun yaghlibū miʾatayni wa-ʾin yakun minkum ʾalfun yaghlibū ʾalfayni bi-ʾidhni llāhi wa-llāhu maʿa ṣ-ṣābirīna

6. ما كان لنبي أن يكون له أسرى حتى يثخن في الأرض تريدون عرض الدنيا والله يريد الآخرة والله عزيز حكيم

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   A prophet may not take captives until he has thoroughly decimated [the enemy] in the land. You desire the transitory gains of this world, while Allah desires [for you] [the reward of] the Hereafter, and Allah is all-mighty, all-wise.

   mā kāna li-nabiyyin ʾan yakūna lahū ʾasrā ḥattā yuthkhina fī l-ʾarḍi turīdūna ʿaraḍa d-dunyā wa-llāhu yurīdu l-ʾākhirata wa-llāhu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

7. لولا كتاب من الله سبق لمسكم فيما أخذتم عذاب عظيم

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   Had it not been for a prior decree of Allah, surely there would have befallen you a great punishment for what you took.

   law-lā kitābun mina llāhi sabaqa la-massakum fī-mā ʾakhadhtum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

8. فكلوا مما غنمتم حلالا طيبا واتقوا الله إن الله غفور رحيم

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   Avail yourselves of the spoils you have taken as lawful and good, and be wary of Allah. Indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   fa-kulū mimmā ghanimtum ḥalālan ṭayyiban wa-ttaqū llāha ʾinna llāha ghafūrun raḥīmun