Quran 8:27 — Al-Anfaal, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Believers, do not betray God and the Messenger, or knowingly betray [other people’s] trust in you.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَخُونُوا اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ وَتَخُونُوا أَمَانَاتِكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lā takhūnū l-laha wal-rasūla watakhūnū amānātikum wa-antum taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O believers, betray not God and the Messenger, and betray not your trusts and that wittingly;
- Muhammad Asad
- [Hence,] O you who have attained to faith, do not be false to God and the Apostle, and do not knowingly be false to the trust that has been reposed in you;
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, do not betray Allāh and the Messenger or betray your trusts while you know [the consequence].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 4 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 5 | تَخُونُوا۟takhūnū | betray | خون |
| 6 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 7 | وَٱلرَّسُولَwal-rasūla | and the Messenger | رسل |
| 8 | وَتَخُونُوٓا۟watakhūnū | or betray | خون |
| 9 | أَمَـٰنَـٰتِكُمْamānātikum | your trusts | أمن |
| 10 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you | — |
| 11 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | know | علم |