The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال

al-Anfāl (The Spoils)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

8:68

لَّوْلَا

كِتَابٌ

مِّنَ

اللَّهِ

سَبَقَ

لَمَسَّكُمْ

فِيمَا

أَخَذْتُمْ

عَذَابٌ

عَظِيمٌ

law-lā kitābun mina llāhi sabaqa la-massakum fī-mā ʾakhadhtum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

(Had you taken captives) before being allowed by God's revelations, a great torment would have struck you for what you had done.

Muhammad Sarwar