Surah Al-Anfal, ayah 17
فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَمَىٰ ۚ وَلِيُبْلِىَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَآءً حَسَنًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
And you did not kill them, but it was Allāh who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muḥammad], when you threw, but it was Allāh who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Al-Anfal · 8:17
Word by word
- فَلَمْfalamAnd not
- تَقْتُلُوهُمْtaqtulūhumyou kill them
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- قَتَلَهُمْ ۚqatalahumkilled them
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- رَمَيْتَramaytayou threw
- إِذْidhwhen
- رَمَيْتَramaytayou threw
- وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- رَمَىٰ ۚramāthrew
- وَلِيُبْلِىَwaliyub'liyaand that He may test
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
- مِنْهُmin'hufrom Him
- بَلَآءًbalāan(with) a trial
- حَسَنًا ۚḥasanangood
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearing
- عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knowing
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