Quran 8:19 — Al-Anfaal, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Disbelievers], if you were seeking a decision, now you have witnessed one: if you stop here, it will be better for you. If you return, so shall We, and your forces, though greater in number, will be of no use to you. God is with the believers.
إِنْ تَسْتَفْتِحُوا فَقَدْ جَاءَكُمُ الْفَتْحُ ۖ وَإِنْ تَنْتَهُوا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ تَعُودُوا نَعُدْ وَلَنْ تُغْنِيَ عَنْكُمْ فِئَتُكُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَوْ كَثُرَتْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
in tastaftiḥū faqad jāakumu l-fatḥu wa-in tantahū fahuwa khayrun lakum wa-in taʿūdū naʿud walan tugh'niya ʿankum fi-atukum shayan walaw kathurat wa-anna l-laha maʿa l-mu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If victory you are seeking, victory has already come upon you; and if you give over, it is better for you. But if you return, We shall return, and your host will avail you nothing though it be numerous; and that God is with the believers.
- Muhammad Asad
- If you have been praying for victory, [O believers] - victory has now indeed come unto you. And if you abstain [from sinning], it will be for your own good; but if you revert to it, We shall revoke [Our promise of aid] - and never will your community be of any avail to you, however great its numbers: for, behold, God is [only] with those who believe!
- Sahih International
- If you [disbelievers] seek the decision [i.e., victory] - the decision [i.e., defeat] has come to you. And if you desist [from hostilities], it is best for you; but if you return [to war], We will return, and never will you be availed by your [large] company at all, even if it should increase; and [that is] because Allāh is with the believers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنin | If | — |
| 2 | تَسْتَفْتِحُوا۟tastaftiḥū | you ask for victory | فتح |
| 3 | فَقَدْfaqad | then certainly | — |
| 4 | جَآءَكُمُjāakumu | has come to you | جيأ |
| 5 | ٱلْفَتْحُ ۖl-fatḥu | the victory | فتح |
| 6 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 7 | تَنتَهُوا۟tantahū | you desist | نهي |
| 8 | فَهُوَfahuwa | then it (is) | — |
| 9 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | good | خير |
| 10 | لَّكُمْ ۖlakum | for you | — |
| 11 | وَإِنwa-in | but if | — |
| 12 | تَعُودُوا۟taʿūdū | you return | عود |
| 13 | نَعُدْnaʿud | We will return (too) | عود |
| 14 | وَلَنwalan | And never | — |
| 15 | تُغْنِىَtugh'niya | will avail | غني |
| 16 | عَنكُمْʿankum | you | — |
| 17 | فِئَتُكُمْfi-atukum | your forces | فأي |
| 18 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 19 | وَلَوْwalaw | even if | — |
| 20 | كَثُرَتْkathurat | (they are) numerous | كثر |
| 21 | وَأَنَّwa-anna | And that | — |
| 22 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 23 | مَعَmaʿa | (is) with | — |
| 24 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |