Quran 8:58 — Al-Anfaal, verse 58
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And if you learn of treachery on the part of any people, throw their treaty back at them, for God does not love the treacherous.
وَإِمَّا تَخَافَنَّ مِنْ قَوْمٍ خِيَانَةً فَانْبِذْ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَاءٍ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْخَائِنِينَ
wa-immā takhāfanna min qawmin khiyānatan fa-inbidh ilayhim ʿalā sawāin inna l-laha lā yuḥibbu l-khāinīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And if thou fearest treachery any way at the hands of a people, dissolve it with them equally; surely God loves not the treacherous.
- Muhammad Asad
- or, if thou hast reason to fear treachery from people [with whom thou hast made a covenant], cast it back at them in an equitable manner: for, verily, God does not love the treacherous!
- Sahih International
- If you [have reason to] fear from a people betrayal, throw [their treaty] back to them, [putting you] on equal terms. Indeed, Allāh does not like traitors.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِمَّاwa-immā | And if | — |
| 2 | تَخَافَنَّtakhāfanna | you fear | خوف |
| 3 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 4 | قَوْمٍqawmin | a people | قوم |
| 5 | خِيَانَةًۭkhiyānatan | betrayal | خون |
| 6 | فَٱنۢبِذْfa-inbidh | throw back | نبذ |
| 7 | إِلَيْهِمْilayhim | to them | — |
| 8 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 9 | سَوَآءٍ ۚsawāin | equal (terms) | سوي |
| 10 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 12 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 13 | يُحِبُّyuḥibbu | love | حبب |
| 14 | ٱلْخَآئِنِينَl-khāinīna | the traitors | خون |