Quran 8:15 — Al-Anfaal, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Believers, when you meet the disbelievers in battle, never turn your backs on them:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا زَحْفًا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ الْأَدْبَارَ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū idhā laqītumu alladhīna kafarū zaḥfan falā tuwallūhumu l-adbāra
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, when you encounter the unbelievers marching to battle, turn not your backs to them.
- Muhammad Asad
- O YOU who have attained to faith! When you meet in battle those who are bent on denying the truth, advancing in great force, do not turn your backs on them:
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, when you meet those who disbelieve advancing [in battle], do not turn to them your backs [in flight].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 4 | إِذَاidhā | When | — |
| 5 | لَقِيتُمُlaqītumu | you meet | لقي |
| 6 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 7 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 8 | زَحْفًۭاzaḥfan | advancing | زحف |
| 9 | فَلَاfalā | then (do) not | — |
| 10 | تُوَلُّوهُمُtuwallūhumu | turn to them | ولي |
| 11 | ٱلْأَدْبَارَl-adbāra | the backs | دبر |