Sura 8 Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), ayah 17
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فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ رَمَىٰ ۚ وَلِيُبْلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَاءً حَسَنًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Translation by words
- فَلَمْ
- And not
- تَقْتُلُوهُمْ
- you kill them,
- وَلَٰكِنَّ
- but
- ٱللَّهَ
- Allah
- قَتَلَهُمْ
- killed them.
- وَمَا
- And not
- رَمَيْتَ
- you threw
- إِذْ
- when
- رَمَيْتَ
- you threw,
- وَلَٰكِنَّ
- but
- ٱللَّهَ
- Allah
- رَمَىٰ
- threw
- وَلِيُبْلِىَ
- and that He may test
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
- the believers
- مِنْهُ
- from Him
- بَلَآءً
- (with) a trial
- حَسَنًا
- good.
- إِنَّ
- Indeed,
- ٱللَّهَ
- Allah
- سَمِيعٌ
- (is) All-Hearing,
- عَلِيمٌ
- All-Knowing.
And you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not, (O Muhammad), when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
8:17
Translation: Saheeh International