Quran 8:17 — Al-Anfaal, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It was not you who killed them but God, and when you [Prophet] threw [sand at them] it was not your throw [that defeated them] but God’s, to do the believers a favour: God is all seeing and all knowing-
فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ رَمَىٰ ۚ وَلِيُبْلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَاءً حَسَنًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
falam taqtulūhum walākinna l-laha qatalahum wamā ramayta idh ramayta walākinna l-laha ramā waliyub'liya l-mu'minīna min'hu balāan ḥasanan inna l-laha samīʿun ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- You did not slay them, but God slew them; and when thou threwest, it was not thyself that threw, but God threw, and that He might confer on the believers a fair benefit; surely God is All-hearing, All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, [O believers,] it was not you who slew the enemy, but it was God who slew them; and it was not thou who cast [terror into them, O Prophet], when thou didst cast it, but it was God who cast it: and [He did all this] in order that He might test the believers by a goodly test of His Own or daining. Verily, God is all-hearing, all-knowing!
- Sahih International
- And you did not kill them, but it was Allāh who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muḥammad], when you threw, but it was Allāh who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمْfalam | And not | — |
| 2 | تَقْتُلُوهُمْtaqtulūhum | you kill them | قتل |
| 3 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 5 | قَتَلَهُمْ ۚqatalahum | killed them | قتل |
| 6 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 7 | رَمَيْتَramayta | you threw | رمي |
| 8 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 9 | رَمَيْتَramayta | you threw | رمي |
| 10 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 12 | رَمَىٰ ۚramā | threw | رمي |
| 13 | وَلِيُبْلِىَwaliyub'liya | and that He may test | بلو |
| 14 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |
| 15 | مِنْهُmin'hu | from Him | — |
| 16 | بَلَآءًbalāan | (with) a trial | بلو |
| 17 | حَسَنًا ۚḥasanan | good | حسن |
| 18 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 19 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 20 | سَمِيعٌsamīʿun | (is) All-Hearing | سمع |
| 21 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | All-Knowing | علم |