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.