The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال

al-Anfāl (The Spoils)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

8:12
8:12

ʾidh yūḥī rabbuka ʾilā l-malāʾikati ʾannī maʿakum fa-thabbitū lladhīna ʾāmanū sa-ʾulqī qulūbi lladhīna kafarū r-ruʿba fa-ḍribū fawqa l-ʾaʿnāqi wa-ḍribū minhum kulla banānin

Then your Lord signaled to the angels: ‘I am indeed with you; so steady the faithful. I will cast terror into the hearts of the faithless. So strike their necks, and strike their every limb joint!’

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