The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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وَأَلَّفَ
بَيْنَ
قُلُوبِهِمْ
لَوْ
أَنفَقْتَ
مَا
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
جَمِيعًا
مَّا
أَلَّفْتَ
بَيْنَ
قُلُوبِهِمْ
وَلَكِنَّ
اللَّهَ
أَلَّفَ
بَيْنَهُمْ
إِنَّهُ
عَزِيزٌ
حَكِيمٌ
wa-ʾallafa bayna qulūbihim law ʾanfaqta mā fī l-ʾarḍi jamīʿan mā ʾallafta bayna qulūbihim wa-lākinna llāha ʾallafa baynahum ʾinnahū ʿazīzun ḥakīmun
and united their hearts. Had you spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts, but Allah united them together. Indeed He is all-mighty, all-wise.
— Ali Quli Qarai
And (moreover) He hath put affection between their hearts: not if thou hadst spent all that is in the earth, couldst thou have produced that affection, but Allah hath done it: for He is Exalted in might, Wise.
