Quran 8:7 — Al-Anfaal, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Remember how God promised you [believers] that one of the two enemy groups would fall to you: you wanted the unarmed group to be yours, but it was God’s will to establish the truth according to His Word and to finish off the disbelievers––
وَإِذْ يَعِدُكُمُ اللَّهُ إِحْدَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ أَنَّهَا لَكُمْ وَتَوَدُّونَ أَنَّ غَيْرَ ذَاتِ الشَّوْكَةِ تَكُونُ لَكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَيَقْطَعَ دَابِرَ الْكَافِرِينَ
wa-idh yaʿidukumu l-lahu iḥ'dā l-ṭāifatayni annahā lakum watawaddūna anna ghayra dhāti l-shawkati takūnu lakum wayurīdu l-lahu an yuḥiqqa l-ḥaqa bikalimātihi wayaqṭaʿa dābira l-kāfirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when God promised you one of the two parties should be yours, and you were wishing that the one not accoutred should be yours; but God was desiring to verify the truth by His words, and to cut off the unbelievers to the last remnant,
- Muhammad Asad
- And, lo, God gave you the promise that one of the two [enemy] hosts would fall to you: and you would have liked to seize the less powerful one, whereas it was God's will to prove the truth to be true in accordance with His words, and to wipe out the last remnant of those who denied the truth -
- Sahih International
- [Remember, O believers], when Allāh promised you one of the two groups - that it would be yours - and you wished that the unarmed one would be yours. But Allāh intended to establish the truth by His words and to eliminate the disbelievers
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | يَعِدُكُمُyaʿidukumu | promised you | وعد |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 4 | إِحْدَىiḥ'dā | one | أحد |
| 5 | ٱلطَّآئِفَتَيْنِl-ṭāifatayni | (of) the two groups | طوف |
| 6 | أَنَّهَاannahā | that it (would be) | — |
| 7 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 8 | وَتَوَدُّونَwatawaddūna | and you wished | ودد |
| 9 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 10 | غَيْرَghayra | (one) other than | غير |
| 11 | ذَاتِdhāti | that | — |
| 12 | ٱلشَّوْكَةِl-shawkati | (of) the armed | شوك |
| 13 | تَكُونُtakūnu | would be | كون |
| 14 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 15 | وَيُرِيدُwayurīdu | But intended | رود |
| 16 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 17 | أَنan | to | — |
| 18 | يُحِقَّyuḥiqqa | justify | حقق |
| 19 | ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa | the truth | حقق |
| 20 | بِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦbikalimātihi | by His words | كلم |
| 21 | وَيَقْطَعَwayaqṭaʿa | and cut off | قطع |
| 22 | دَابِرَdābira | (the) roots | دبر |
| 23 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna | (of) the disbelievers | كفر |