Quran 8:71 — Al-Anfaal, verse 71
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But if they mean to betray you, they have betrayed God before, and He has given you mastery over them: He is all knowing, all wise.
وَإِنْ يُرِيدُوا خِيَانَتَكَ فَقَدْ خَانُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَأَمْكَنَ مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ
wa-in yurīdū khiyānataka faqad khānū l-laha min qablu fa-amkana min'hum wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And if they desire treachery against thee, they have tricked God before; but He has given thee power over them; and God is All-knowing, All-wise.
- Muhammad Asad
- And should they but seek to play false with thee -well, they were false to God [Himself] ere this: but He gave [the believers] mastery over them. And God is all-knowing, wise.
- Sahih International
- But if they intend to betray you - then they have already betrayed Allāh before, and He empowered [you] over them. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | But if | — |
| 2 | يُرِيدُوا۟yurīdū | they intend | رود |
| 3 | خِيَانَتَكَkhiyānataka | (to) betray you | خون |
| 4 | فَقَدْfaqad | certainly | — |
| 5 | خَانُوا۟khānū | they have betrayed | خون |
| 6 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 7 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 8 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 9 | فَأَمْكَنَfa-amkana | So He gave (you) power | مكن |
| 10 | مِنْهُمْ ۗmin'hum | over them | — |
| 11 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 12 | عَلِيمٌʿalīmun | (is) All-Knower | علم |
| 13 | حَكِيمٌḥakīmun | All-Wise | حكم |