The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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وَمَن
يُوَلِّهِمْ
يَوْمَئِذٍ
دُبُرَهُ
إِلَّا
مُتَحَرِّفًا
لِّقِتَالٍ
أَوْ
مُتَحَيِّزًا
إِلَى
فِئَةٍ
فَقَدْ
بَاءَ
بِغَضَبٍ
مِّنَ
اللَّهِ
وَمَأْوَاهُ
جَهَنَّمُ
وَبِئْسَ
الْمَصِيرُ
wa-man yuwallihim yawmaʾidhin duburahū ʾillā mutaḥarrifan li-qitālin ʾaw mutaḥayyizan ʾilā fiʾatin fa-qad bāʾa bi-ghaḍabin mina llāhi wa-maʾwāhu jahannamu wa-biʾsa l-maṣīru
Whoever turns his back [to flee] from them that day—unless [he is] diverting to fight or retiring towards another troop—shall certainly earn Allah’s wrath, and his refuge shall be hell, an evil destination.
— Ali Quli Qarai
If any do turn his back to them on such a day - unless it be in a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own)- he draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and his abode is Hell,- an evil refuge (indeed)!
