Sura 8 Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), ayah 42
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إِذْ أَنْتُمْ بِالْعُدْوَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ بِالْعُدْوَةِ الْقُصْوَىٰ وَالرَّكْبُ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ ۚ وَلَوْ تَوَاعَدْتُمْ لَاخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي الْمِيعَادِ ۙ وَلَٰكِنْ لِيَقْضِيَ اللَّهُ أَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُولًا لِيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيَىٰ مَنْ حَيَّ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ ۗ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَسَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Translation by words
- إِذْ
- When
- أَنتُم
- you (were)
- بِٱلْعُدْوَةِ
- on side of the valley,
- ٱلدُّنْيَا
- the nearer
- وَهُم
- and they
- بِٱلْعُدْوَةِ
- (were) on the side,
- ٱلْقُصْوَىٰ
- the farther
- وَٱلرَّكْبُ
- and the caravan
- أَسْفَلَ
- (was) lower
- مِنكُمْ
- than you.
- وَلَوْ
- And if
- تَوَاعَدتُّمْ
- you (had) made an appointment
- لَٱخْتَلَفْتُمْ
- certainly you would have failed
- فِى
- in
- ٱلْمِيعَٰدِ
- the appointment.
- وَلَٰكِن
- But
- لِّيَقْضِىَ
- that might accomplish
- ٱللَّهُ
- Allah
- أَمْرًا
- a matter
- كَانَ
- (that) was
- مَفْعُولًا
- destined,
- لِّيَهْلِكَ
- that (might be) destroyed
- مَنْ
- (those) who
- هَلَكَ
- (were to be) destroyed
- عَنۢ
- on
- بَيِّنَةٍ
- a clear evidence
- وَيَحْيَىٰ
- and (might) live
- مَنْ
- (those) who
- حَىَّ
- (were to) live
- عَنۢ
- on
- بَيِّنَةٍ
- a clear evidence.
- وَإِنَّ
- And indeed,
- ٱللَّهَ
- Allah
- لَسَمِيعٌ
- (is) All-Hearing,
- عَلِيمٌ
- All-Knowing.
(Remember) when you were on the near side of the valley, and they were on the farther side, and the caravan was lower (in position) than you. If you had made an appointment (to meet), you would have missed the appointment. But (it was) so that Allah might accomplish a matter already destined - that those who perished (through disbelief) would perish upon evidence and those who lived (in faith) would live upon evidence; and indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
8:42
Translation: Saheeh International