The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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يَا أَيُّهَا
النَّبِيُّ
حَرِّضِ
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
عَلَى
الْقِتَالِ
إِن
يَكُن
مِّنكُمْ
عِشْرُونَ
صَابِرُونَ
يَغْلِبُوا
مِائَتَيْنِ
وَإِن
يَكُن
مِّنكُم
مِّائَةٌ
يَغْلِبُوا
أَلْفًا
مِّنَ
الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
بِأَنَّهُمْ
قَوْمٌ
لَّا
يَفْقَهُونَ
yā-ʾayyuhā n-nabiyyu ḥarriḍi l-muʾminīna ʿalā l-qitāli ʾin yakun minkum ʿishrūna ṣābirūna yaghlibū miʾatayni wa-ʾin yakun minkum miʾatun yaghlibū ʾalfan mina lladhīna kafarū bi-ʾannahum qawmun lā yafqahūna
O Prophet! Urge on the faithful to fight: If there be twenty patient men among you, they shall overcome two hundred; and if there be a hundred of you, they shall overcome a thousand of the faithless, for they are a lot who do not understand.
— Ali Quli Qarai
O Prophet! rouse the Believers to the fight. If there are twenty amongst you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred: if a hundred, they will vanquish a thousand of the Unbelievers: for these are a people without understanding.
