The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
al-Anfāl (The Spoils)
ٱلْأَنْفَال
8:17
فَلَمْ
تَقْتُلُوهُمْ
وَلَكِنَّ
اللَّهَ
قَتَلَهُمْ
وَمَا
رَمَيْتَ
إِذْ
رَمَيْتَ
وَلَكِنَّ
اللَّهَ
رَمَى
وَلِيُبْلِيَ
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
مِنْهُ
بَلَاءً
حَسَنًا
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
سَمِيعٌ
عَلِيمٌ
fa-lam taqtulūhum wa-lākinna llāha qatalahum wa-mā ramayta ʾidh ramayta wa-lākinna llāha ramā wa-li-yubliya l-muʾminīna minhu balāʾan ḥasanan ʾinna llāha samīʿun ʿalīmun
It was not you (believers) but God who slew the pagans. It was not you (Muhammad) but God who threw dust at them. He did this as a favorable test for the believers. God is All-hearing and All-knowing.
