Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 7 (8:7)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

وَإِذْ يَعِدُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ إِحْدَى ٱلطَّآئِفَتَيْنِ أَنَّهَا لَكُمْ وَتَوَدُّونَ أَنَّ غَيْرَ ذَاتِ …

Quran 8:7 is ayah 7 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 177 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:7
وَإِذْيَعِدُكُمُٱللَّهُإِحْدَىٱلطَّآئِفَتَيْنِأَنَّهَالَكُمْوَتَوَدُّونَأَنَّغَيْرَذَاتِٱلشَّوْكَةِتَكُونُلَكُمْوَيُرِيدُٱللَّهُأَنيُحِقَّٱلْحَقَّبِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦوَيَقْطَعَدَابِرَٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ٧
wa-idh yaʿidukumu l-lahu iḥ'dā l-ṭāifatayni annahā lakum watawaddūna anna ghayra dhāti l-shawkati takūnu lakum wayurīdu l-lahu an yuḥiqqa l-ḥaqa bikalimātihi wayaqṭaʿa dābira l-kāfirīna

[Remember, O believers], when Allāh promised you one of the two groups - that it would be yours - and you wished that the unarmed one would be yours. But Allāh intended to establish the truth by His words and to eliminate the disbelievers(7)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  2. يَعِدُكُمُyaʿidukumupromised you
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  4. إِحْدَىiḥ'dāone
  5. ٱلطَّآئِفَتَيْنِl-ṭāifatayni(of) the two groups
  6. أَنَّهَاannahāthat it (would be)
  7. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  8. وَتَوَدُّونَwatawaddūnaand you wished
  9. أَنَّannathat
  10. غَيْرَghayra(one) other than
  11. ذَاتِdhātithat
  12. ٱلشَّوْكَةِl-shawkati(of) the armed
  13. تَكُونُtakūnuwould be
  14. لَكُمْlakumfor you
  15. وَيُرِيدُwayurīduBut intended
  16. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  17. أَنanto
  18. يُحِقَّyuḥiqqajustify
  19. ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
  20. بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦbikalimātihiby His words
  21. وَيَقْطَعَwayaqṭaʿaand cut off
  22. دَابِرَdābira(the) roots
  23. ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers

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