Quran 8:16 — Al-Anfaal, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
if anyone does so on such a day- unless maneuvring to fight or to join a fighting group- he incurs the wrath of God, and Hell will be his home, a wretched destination!
وَمَنْ يُوَلِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ دُبُرَهُ إِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفًا لِقِتَالٍ أَوْ مُتَحَيِّزًا إِلَىٰ فِئَةٍ فَقَدْ بَاءَ بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَمَأْوَاهُ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ
waman yuwallihim yawma-idhin duburahu illā mutaḥarrifan liqitālin aw mutaḥayyizan ilā fi-atin faqad bāa bighaḍabin mina l-lahi wamawāhu jahannamu wabi'sa l-maṣīru
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Whoso turns his back that day to them, unless withdrawing to fight again or removing to join another host, he is laden with the burden of God's anger, and his refuge is Gehenna -- an evil homecoming!
- Muhammad Asad
- for, whoever on that day turns his back on them-unless it be in a battle manoeuvre or in an endeavour to join another troop [of the believers] - shall indeed have earned the burden of God's condemnation, and his goal shall be hell: and how vile a journey's end!
- Sahih International
- And whoever turns his back to them on such a day, unless swerving [as a strategy] for war or joining [another] company, has certainly returned with anger [upon him] from Allāh, and his refuge is Hell - and wretched is the destination.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 2 | يُوَلِّهِمْyuwallihim | turns to them | ولي |
| 3 | يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhin | that day | — |
| 4 | دُبُرَهُۥٓduburahu | his back | دبر |
| 5 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 6 | مُتَحَرِّفًۭاmutaḥarrifan | (as) a strategy | حرف |
| 7 | لِّقِتَالٍliqitālin | of war | قتل |
| 8 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 9 | مُتَحَيِّزًاmutaḥayyizan | (to) join | حوز |
| 10 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 11 | فِئَةٍۢfi-atin | a group | فأي |
| 12 | فَقَدْfaqad | certainly | — |
| 13 | بَآءَbāa | (he has) incurred | بوأ |
| 14 | بِغَضَبٍۢbighaḍabin | wrath | غضب |
| 15 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 16 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 17 | وَمَأْوَىٰهُwamawāhu | and his abode | أوي |
| 18 | جَهَنَّمُ ۖjahannamu | (is) Hell | — |
| 19 | وَبِئْسَwabi'sa | a wretched | بأس |
| 20 | ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru | destination | صير |