The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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إِذْ
يُرِيكَهُمُ
اللَّهُ
فِي
مَنَامِكَ
قَلِيلًا
وَلَوْ
أَرَاكَهُمْ
كَثِيرًا
لَّفَشِلْتُمْ
وَلَتَنَازَعْتُمْ
فِي
الْأَمْرِ
وَلَكِنَّ
اللَّهَ
سَلَّمَ
إِنَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ
بِذَاتِ
الصُّدُورِ
ʾidh yurīkahumu llāhu fī manāmika qalīlan wa-law ʾarākahum kathīran la-fashiltum wa-la-tanāzaʿtum fī l-ʾamri wa-lākinna llāha sallama ʾinnahū ʿalīmun bi-dhāti ṣ-ṣudūri
When Allah showed them to you as few in your dream, and had He shown them as many, you would have lost heart, and disputed about the matter. But Allah spared you. Indeed He knows well what is in the breasts.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Remember in thy dream Allah showed them to thee as few: if He had shown them to thee as many, ye would surely have been discouraged, and ye would surely have disputed in (your) decision; but Allah saved (you): for He knoweth well the (secrets) of (all) hearts.
