Surah Al-Anfal, ayah 7
وَإِذْ يَعِدُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ إِحْدَى ٱلطَّآئِفَتَيْنِ أَنَّهَا لَكُمْ وَتَوَدُّونَ أَنَّ غَيْرَ ذَاتِ ٱلشَّوْكَةِ تَكُونُ لَكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُحِقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ وَيَقْطَعَ دَابِرَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
[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
Al-Anfal · 8:7
Word by word
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- يَعِدُكُمُyaʿidukumupromised you
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- إِحْدَىiḥ'dāone
- ٱلطَّآئِفَتَيْنِl-ṭāifatayni(of) the two groups
- أَنَّهَاannahāthat it (would be)
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- وَتَوَدُّونَwatawaddūnaand you wished
- أَنَّannathat
- غَيْرَghayra(one) other than
- ذَاتِdhātithat
- ٱلشَّوْكَةِl-shawkati(of) the armed
- تَكُونُtakūnuwould be
- لَكُمْlakumfor you
- وَيُرِيدُwayurīduBut intended
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- أَنanto
- يُحِقَّyuḥiqqajustify
- ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
- بِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦbikalimātihiby His words
- وَيَقْطَعَwayaqṭaʿaand cut off
- دَابِرَdābira(the) roots
- ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers
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