The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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إِذْ
يُوحِي
رَبُّكَ
إِلَى
الْمَلَائِكَةِ
أَنِّي
مَعَكُمْ
فَثَبِّتُوا
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا
سَأُلْقِي
فِي
قُلُوبِ
الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
الرُّعْبَ
فَاضْرِبُوا
فَوْقَ
الْأَعْنَاقِ
وَاضْرِبُوا
مِنْهُمْ
كُلَّ
بَنَانٍ
ʾidh yūḥī rabbuka ʾilā l-malāʾikati ʾannī maʿakum fa-thabbitū lladhīna ʾāmanū sa-ʾulqī fī qulūbi lladhīna kafarū r-ruʿba fa-ḍribū fawqa l-ʾaʿnāqi wa-ḍribū minhum kulla banānin
Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): "I am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will instil terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them."
— Abdullah Yusufali
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!’
