The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
al-Anfāl (The Spoils)
ٱلْأَنْفَال
8:53
ذَلِكَ
بِأَنَّ
اللَّهَ
لَمْ
يَكُ
مُغَيِّرًا
نِّعْمَةً
أَنْعَمَهَا
عَلَى
قَوْمٍ
حَتَّى
يُغَيِّرُوا
مَا
بِأَنفُسِهِمْ
وَأَنَّ
اللَّهَ
سَمِيعٌ
عَلِيمٌ
dhālika bi-ʾanna llāha lam yaku mughayyiran niʿmatan ʾanʿamahā ʿalā qawmin ḥattā yughayyirū mā bi-ʾanfusihim wa-ʾanna llāha samīʿun ʿalīmun
God does not change the favor that He has bestowed on a nation unless that nation changes what is in its soul. God is All-hearing and All-knowing.