Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 56 (8:56)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتَّ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَهُمْ فِى كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَتَّقُونَ

Quran 8:56 is ayah 56 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 184 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:56
ٱلَّذِينَعَٰهَدتَّمِنْهُمْثُمَّيَنقُضُونَعَهْدَهُمْفِىكُلِّمَرَّةٍوَهُمْلَايَتَّقُونَ٥٦
alladhīna ʿāhadtta min'hum thumma yanquḍūna ʿahdahum fī kulli marratin wahum lā yattaqūna

The ones with whom you made a treaty but then they break their pledge every time, and they do not fear Allāh.(56)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
  2. عَٰهَدتَّʿāhadttayou made a covenant
  3. مِنْهُمْmin'humwith them
  4. ثُمَّthummathen
  5. يَنقُضُونَyanquḍūnathey break
  6. عَهْدَهُمْʿahdahumtheir covenant
  7. فِىfī[in]
  8. كُلِّkullievery
  9. مَرَّةٍmarratintime
  10. وَهُمْwahumand they
  11. لَاlā(do) not
  12. يَتَّقُونَyattaqūnafear (Allah)

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