The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
al-Anfāl (The Spoils)
ٱلْأَنْفَال
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
The same thing happened to the people of Pharaoh and those who lived before them. They rejected the revelations of God and, because of their sins, His retribution struck them. God is All-powerful and stern in His retribution.
