Quran 8:12 — Al-Anfaal, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Your Lord revealed to the angels: ‘I am with you: give the believers firmness; I shall put terror into the hearts of the disbelievers- strike above their necks and strike all their fingertips.’
إِذْ يُوحِي رَبُّكَ إِلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ أَنِّي مَعَكُمْ فَثَبِّتُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ۚ سَأُلْقِي فِي قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا الرُّعْبَ فَاضْرِبُوا فَوْقَ الْأَعْنَاقِ وَاضْرِبُوا مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ بَنَانٍ
idh yūḥī rabbuka ilā l-malāikati annī maʿakum fathabbitū alladhīna āmanū sa-ul'qī fī qulūbi alladhīna kafarū l-ruʿ'ba fa-iḍ'ribū fawqa l-aʿnāqi wa-iḍ'ribū min'hum kulla banānin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When thy Lord was revealing to the angels, 'I am with you; so confirm the believers. I shall cast into the unbelievers' hearts terror; so smite above the necks, and smite every finger of them!'
- Muhammad Asad
- 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!"
- Sahih International
- [Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | يُوحِىyūḥī | inspired | وحي |
| 3 | رَبُّكَrabbuka | your Lord | ربب |
| 4 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 5 | ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikati | the Angels | ملك |
| 6 | أَنِّىannī | I am | — |
| 7 | مَعَكُمْmaʿakum | with you | — |
| 8 | فَثَبِّتُوا۟fathabbitū | so strengthen | ثبت |
| 9 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 10 | ءَامَنُوا۟ ۚāmanū | believed | أمن |
| 11 | سَأُلْقِىsa-ul'qī | I will cast | لقي |
| 12 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 13 | قُلُوبِqulūbi | (the) hearts | قلب |
| 14 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 15 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 16 | ٱلرُّعْبَl-ruʿ'ba | the terror | رعب |
| 17 | فَٱضْرِبُوا۟fa-iḍ'ribū | so strike | ضرب |
| 18 | فَوْقَfawqa | above | فوق |
| 19 | ٱلْأَعْنَاقِl-aʿnāqi | the necks | عنق |
| 20 | وَٱضْرِبُوا۟wa-iḍ'ribū | and strike | ضرب |
| 21 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | from them | — |
| 22 | كُلَّkulla | every | كلل |
| 23 | بَنَانٍۢbanānin | fingertip[s] | بنن |