The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
al-Anfāl (The Spoils)
ٱلْأَنْفَال
8:7
وَإِذْ
يَعِدُكُمُ
اللَّهُ
إِحْدَى
الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ
أَنَّهَا
لَكُمْ
وَتَوَدُّونَ
أَنَّ
غَيْرَ
ذَاتِ
الشَّوْكَةِ
تَكُونُ
لَكُمْ
وَيُرِيدُ
اللَّهُ
أَن
يُحِقَّ
الْحَقَّ
بِكَلِمَاتِهِ
وَيَقْطَعَ
دَابِرَ
الْكَافِرِينَ
wa-ʾidh yaʿidukumu llāhu ʾiḥdā ṭ-ṭāʾifatayni ʾannahā lakum wa-tawaddūna ʾanna ghayra dhāti sh-shawkati takūnu lakum wa-yurīdu llāhu ʾan yuḥiqqa l-ḥaqqa bi-kalimātihī wa-yaqṭaʿa dābira l-kāfirīna
When God promised to grant you (believers) victory over either one of the two groups, you wished to have control over the unarmed one. God decided to prove (to you) the truth of His promises and to destroy the unbelievers
