The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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8:52
كَدَأْبِ
آلِ
فِرْعَوْنَ
وَالَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبْلِهِمْ
كَفَرُوا
بِآيَاتِ
اللَّهِ
فَأَخَذَهُمُ
اللَّهُ
بِذُنُوبِهِمْ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
قَوِيٌّ
شَدِيدُ
الْعِقَابِ
ka-daʾbi ʾāli firʿawna wa-lladhīna min qablihim kafarū bi-ʾāyāti llāhi fa-ʾakhadhahumu llāhu bi-dhunūbihim ʾinna llāha qawiyyun shadīdu l-ʿiqābi
Like the precedent of Pharaoh’s clan and those who were before them, who defied Allah’s signs, so Allah seized them for their sins. Indeed Allah is all-strong, severe in retribution.
— Ali Quli Qarai
"(Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them: They rejected the Signs of Allah, and Allah punished them for their crimes: for Allah is Strong, and Strict in punishment:
