The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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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 is not ye who slew them; it was Allah: when thou threwest (a handful of dust), it was not thy act, but Allah's: in order that He might test the Believers by a gracious trial from Himself: for Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).
— Abdullah Yusufali
You did not kill them; rather, it was Allah who killed them; and you did not throw when you threw, rather, it was Allah who threw, that He might test the faithful with a good test from Himself. Indeed Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing.
