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

1. يا أيها النبي قل لمن في أيديكم من الأسرى إن يعلم الله في قلوبكم خيرا يؤتكم خيرا مما أخذ منكم ويغفر لكم والله غفور رحيم

   70

   O Prophet! Say to the captives who are in your hands, ‘If Allah finds any good in your hearts, He will give you [something which is] better than what has been taken away from you, and He will forgive you, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.’

   yā-ʾayyuhā n-nabiyyu qul li-man fī ʾaydīkum mina l-ʾasrā ʾin yaʿlami llāhu fī qulūbikum khayran yuʾtikum khayran mimmā ʾukhidha minkum wa-yaghfir lakum wa-llāhu ghafūrun raḥīmun

2. وإن يريدوا خيانتك فقد خانوا الله من قبل فأمكن منهم والله عليم حكيم

   71

   But if they seek to betray you, then they have already betrayed Allah earlier, and He gave [you] power over them; and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

   wa-ʾin yurīdū khiyānataka fa-qad khānū llāha min qablu fa-ʾamkana minhum wa-llāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

3. إن الذين آمنوا وهاجروا وجاهدوا بأموالهم وأنفسهم في سبيل الله والذين آووا ونصروا أولئك بعضهم أولياء بعض والذين آمنوا ولم يهاجروا ما لكم من ولايتهم من شيء حتى يهاجروا وإن استنصروكم في الدين فعليكم النصر إلا على قوم بينكم وبينهم ميثاق والله بما تعملون بصير

   72

   Indeed those who have believed and migrated and waged jihad with their possessions and persons in the way of Allah, and those who gave [them] shelter and help—they are heirs of one another. As for those who have believed but did not migrate, you have no heirdom in relation to them whatsoever until they migrate. Yet if they ask your help for the sake of religion, it is incumbent on you to help them, excepting against a people with whom you have a treaty; and Allah watches what you do.

   ʾinna lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-hājarū wa-jāhadū bi-ʾamwālihim wa-ʾanfusihim fī sabīli llāhi wa-lladhīna ʾāwaw wa-naṣarū ʾulāʾika baʿḍuhum ʾawliyāʾu baʿḍin wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-lam yuhājirū mā lakum min walāyatihim min shayʾin ḥattā yuhājirū wa-ʾini stanṣarūkum fī d-dīni fa-ʿalaykumu n-naṣru ʾillā ʿalā qawmin baynakum wa-baynahum mīthāqun wa-llāhu bi-mā taʿmalūna baṣīrun

4. والذين كفروا بعضهم أولياء بعض إلا تفعلوه تكن فتنة في الأرض وفساد كبير

   73

   As for the faithless, they are heirs of one another. Unless you do the same, there will be strife in the land and great corruption.

   wa-lladhīna kafarū baʿḍuhum ʾawliyāʾu baʿḍin ʾillā tafʿalūhu takun fitnatun fī l-ʾarḍi wa-fasādun kabīrun

5. والذين آمنوا وهاجروا وجاهدوا في سبيل الله والذين آووا ونصروا أولئك هم المؤمنون حقا لهم مغفرة ورزق كريم

   74

   Those who have believed, migrated, and waged jihad in the way of Allah, and those who gave them shelter and help, it is they who are truly the faithful. For them shall be forgiveness and a noble provision.

   wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-hājarū wa-jāhadū fī sabīli llāhi wa-lladhīna ʾāwaw wa-naṣarū ʾulāʾika humu l-muʾminūna ḥaqqan lahum maghfiratun wa-rizqun karīmun

6. والذين آمنوا من بعد وهاجروا وجاهدوا معكم فأولئك منكم وأولو الأرحام بعضهم أولى ببعض في كتاب الله إن الله بكل شيء عليم

   75

   Those who believed afterwards and migrated, and waged jihad along with you, they belong to you; but the blood relatives are more entitled to inherit from one another in the Book of Allah. Indeed Allah has knowledge of all things.

   wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū min baʿdu wa-hājarū wa-jāhadū maʿakum fa-ʾulāʾika minkum wa-ʾulū l-ʾarḥāmi baʿḍuhum ʾawlā bi-baʿḍin fī kitābi llāhi ʾinna llāha bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīmun