The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال

al-Anfāl (The Spoils)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

8:67
8:67

kāna li-nabiyyin ʾan yakūna lahū ʾasrā ḥattā yuthkhina l-ʾarḍi turīdūna ʿaraḍa d-dunyā wa-llāhu yurīdu l-ʾākhirata wa-llāhu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

A prophet may not take captives until he has thoroughly decimated [the enemy] in the land. You desire the transitory gains of this world, while Allah desires [for you] [the reward of] the Hereafter, and Allah is all-mighty, all-wise.

Ali Quli Qarai