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Sura Viii. Anfal, Or The Spoils Of War. Section 9

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Viii.: Anfl, Or The Spoils Of War.

Section 9

65.
Ya ayyuha aLnnabiyyu harridi almu/mineena AAala alqitali in yakun minkum AAishroona sabiroona yaghliboo mi-atayni wa-in yakun minkum mi-atun yaghliboo alfan mina allatheena kafaroo bi-annahum qawmun la yafqahoonA

65. O
Apostle! rouse the Believers

To the fight. If there are

Twenty amongst you, patient

And persevering, they will

Vanquish two hundred: if a hundred,

They will vanquish a thousand

Of the Unbelievers: for these

Are a people without understanding.

66.
Al-ana khaffafa Allahu AAankum waAAalima anna feekum daAAfan fa-in yakun minkum mi-atun sabiratun yaghliboo mi-atayni wa-in yakun minkum alfun yaghliboo alfayni bi-ithni Allahi waAllahu maAAa aLssabireenA

66.
For the present, God

Hath lightened your (task),

For He knoweth that there is

A weak spot in you:


But (even so), if there are

A hundred of you, patient

And persevering, they will

Vanquish two hundred, and if

A thousand, they will vanquish

Two thousand, with the leave

Of God: for God is with those

Who patiently persevere.

67.
Ma kana linabiyyin an yakoona lahu asra hatta yuthkhina fee al-ardi tureedoona AAarada aLddunya waAllahu yureedu al-akhirata waAllahu AAazeezun hakeemUn

67.
It is not fitting

For an Apostle

That he should have

Prisoners of war until

He hath thoroughly subdued

The land. Ye look

For the temporal goods

Of this world; but God

Looketh to the Hereafter:


And God is Exalted in might, Wise.

68.
Lawla kitabun mina Allahi sabaqa lamassakum feema akhathtum AAathabun AAa"th"eemUn

68.
Had it not been for

A previous ordainment

From God, a severe penalty

Would have reached you

For the (ransom) that ye took.

69.
Fakuloo mimma ghanimtum halalan tayyiban waIttaqoo Allaha inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemUn

69.
But (now) enjoy what ye took

In war, lawful and good:

But fear God: for God

Is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

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