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Surah Al-Anfal Verse 17

Quran 8:17 · The Spoils of War · Medinan · Juz 9

8:17

Arabic

فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوْهُمْ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَتَلَهُمْۖ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ اِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ رَمٰىۚ وَلِيُبْلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ مِنْهُ بَلَاۤءً حَسَنًاۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَمِيْعٌ عَلِيْمٌ ۝١٧

Transliteration

Falam taqtulūhum wa lākinnallāha qotalahum, wa mā romaita iż romaita wa lākinallāha romā, wa liyubliyal-mu'minīna minhu balā-an ḥasanā, innallāha samī‘un ‘alīm

Meaning

It was not you who killed them, but it was Allah who killed them. And it was not you who launched when you launched, but it was Allah who launched. That He may bestow upon the believers an excellent reward. Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

Surah Al-Anfal verse 17 (Quran 8:17) is verse 17 of the 75 verses of Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), a Medinan surah that is number 8 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 9.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).