Sura 8 Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), ayah 7

  1. وَإِذْ يَعِدُكُمُ اللَّهُ إِحْدَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ أَنَّهَا لَكُمْ وَتَوَدُّونَ أَنَّ غَيْرَ ذَاتِ الشَّوْكَةِ تَكُونُ لَكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَيَقْطَعَ دَابِرَ الْكَافِرِينَ

    Translation by words

    وَإِذْ
    And when
    يَعِدُكُمُ
    promised you
    ٱللَّهُ
    Allah
    إِحْدَى
    one
    ٱلطَّآئِفَتَيْنِ
    (of) the two groups -
    أَنَّهَا
    that it (would be)
    لَكُمْ
    for you -
    وَتَوَدُّونَ
    and you wished
    أَنَّ
    that
    غَيْرَ
    (one) other than
    ذَاتِ
    that
    ٱلشَّوْكَةِ
    (of) the armed
    تَكُونُ
    would be
    لَكُمْ
    for you.
    وَيُرِيدُ
    But intended
    ٱللَّهُ
    Allah
    أَن
    to
    يُحِقَّ
    justify
    ٱلْحَقَّ
    the truth
    بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ
    by His words,
    وَيَقْطَعَ
    and cut off
    دَابِرَ
    (the) roots
    ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
    (of) the disbelievers

    (Remember, O believers), when Allah promised you one of the two groups - that it would be yours - and you wished that the unarmed one would be yours. But Allah intended to establish the truth by His words and to eliminate the disbelievers

    8:7

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 8 Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)