Surah Muhammad, ayah 4
فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَضَرْبَ ٱلرِّقَابِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَثْخَنتُمُوهُمْ فَشُدُّوا۟ ٱلْوَثَاقَ فَإِمَّا مَنًّۢا بَعْدُ وَإِمَّا فِدَآءً حَتَّىٰ تَضَعَ ٱلْحَرْبُ أَوْزَارَهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ لَٱنتَصَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لِّيَبْلُوَا۟ بَعْضَكُم بِبَعْضٍ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَلَن يُضِلَّ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ
So when you meet those who disbelieve [in battle], strike [their] necks until, when you have inflicted slaughter upon them, then secure [their] bonds, and either [confer] favor afterwards or ransom [them] until the war lays down its burdens. That [is the command]. And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken vengeance upon them [Himself], but [He ordered armed struggle] to test some of you by means of others. And those who are killed in the cause of Allāh - never will He waste their deeds.
Word by word
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
- لَقِيتُمُlaqītumuyou meet
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
- فَضَرْبَfaḍarbathen strike
- ٱلرِّقَابِl-riqābithe necks
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
- إِذَآidhāwhen
- أَثْخَنتُمُوهُمْathkhantumūhumyou have subdued them
- فَشُدُّوا۟fashuddūthen bind firmly
- ٱلْوَثَاقَl-wathāqathe bond
- فَإِمَّاfa-immāthen either
- مَنًّۢاmannana favor
- بَعْدُbaʿduafterwards
- وَإِمَّاwa-immāor
- فِدَآءًfidāanransom
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- تَضَعَtaḍaʿalays down
- ٱلْحَرْبُl-ḥarbuthe war
- أَوْزَارَهَا ۚawzārahāits burdens
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- يَشَآءُyashāuAllah had willed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah had willed
- لَٱنتَصَرَla-intaṣarasurely, He could have taken retribution
- مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
- لِّيَبْلُوَا۟liyabluwāto test
- بَعْضَكُمbaʿḍakumsome of you
- بِبَعْضٍۢ ۗbibaʿḍinwith others
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
- قُتِلُوا۟qutilūare killed
- فِىfīin
- سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way of Allah
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) way of Allah
- فَلَنfalanthen never
- يُضِلَّyuḍillaHe will cause to be lost
- أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deeds
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