Sura 8 Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), ayah 44

  1. وَإِذْ يُرِيكُمُوهُمْ إِذِ الْتَقَيْتُمْ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ قَلِيلًا وَيُقَلِّلُكُمْ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ لِيَقْضِيَ اللَّهُ أَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُولًا ۗ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ الْأُمُورُ

    Translation by words

    وَإِذْ
    And when
    يُرِيكُمُوهُمْ
    He showed them to you,
    إِذِ
    when
    ٱلْتَقَيْتُمْ
    you met -
    فِىٓ
    in
    أَعْيُنِكُمْ
    your eyes
    قَلِيلًا
    (as) few
    وَيُقَلِّلُكُمْ
    and He made you (appear) as few
    فِىٓ
    in
    أَعْيُنِهِمْ
    their eyes
    لِيَقْضِىَ
    that might accomplish
    ٱللَّهُ
    Allah might accomplish
    أَمْرًا
    a matter
    كَانَ
    (that) was
    مَفْعُولًا
    (already) destined.
    وَإِلَى
    And to
    ٱللَّهِ
    Allah
    تُرْجَعُ
    return
    ٱلْأُمُورُ
    (all) the matters.

    And (remember) when He showed them to you, when you met, as few in your eyes, and He made you (appear) as few in their eyes so that Allah might accomplish a matter already destined. And to Allah are (all) matters returned.

    8:44

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 8 Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)