The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال

al-Anfāl (The Spoils)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

8:23

وَلَوْ

عَلِمَ

اللَّهُ

فِيهِمْ

خَيْرًا

لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ

وَلَوْ

أَسْمَعَهُمْ

لَتَوَلَّوا

وَّهُم

مُّعْرِضُونَ

wa-law ʿalima llāhu fīhim khayran la-ʾasmaʿahum wa-law ʾasmaʿahum la-tawallaw wa-hum muʿriḍūna

Had they possessed any virtue, God would certainly have made them hear. Even if God were to make them hear, they would still turn away from (the words of God).

Muhammad Sarwar