Quran 8:63 — Al-Anfaal, verse 63
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and with the believers, and brought their hearts together. Even if you had given away everything in the earth you could not have done this, but God brought them together: God is mighty and wise.
وَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ ۚ لَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مَا أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
wa-allafa bayna qulūbihim law anfaqta mā fī l-arḍi jamīʿan mā allafta bayna qulūbihim walākinna l-laha allafa baynahum innahu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and brought their hearts together. Hadst thou expended all that is in the earth, thou couldst not have brought their hearts together; but God brought their hearts together; surely He is All-mighty, All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- whose hearts He has brought together: [for,] if thou hadst expended all that is on earth, thou couldst not have brought their hearts together [by thyself]: but God did bring them together. Verily, He is almighty, wise.
- Sahih International
- And brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allāh brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَلَّفَwa-allafa | And He (has) put affection | ألف |
| 2 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 3 | قُلُوبِهِمْ ۚqulūbihim | their hearts | قلب |
| 4 | لَوْlaw | If | — |
| 5 | أَنفَقْتَanfaqta | you (had) spent | نفق |
| 6 | مَاmā | whatever | — |
| 7 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 8 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 9 | جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿan | all | جمع |
| 10 | مَّآmā | not | — |
| 11 | أَلَّفْتَallafta | (could) you (have) put affection | ألف |
| 12 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 13 | قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihim | their hearts | قلب |
| 14 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 15 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 16 | أَلَّفَallafa | (has) put affection | ألف |
| 17 | بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahum | between them | بين |
| 18 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 19 | عَزِيزٌʿazīzun | (is) All-Mighty | عزز |
| 20 | حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmun | All-Wise | حكم |