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Surah Al-Anfal Verse 42

Quran 8:42 · The Spoils of War · Medinan · Juz 10

8:42

Arabic

اِذْ اَنْتُمْ بِالْعُدْوَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ بِالْعُدْوَةِ الْقُصْوٰى وَالرَّكْبُ اَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْۗ وَلَوْ تَوَاعَدْتُّمْ لَاخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِى الْمِيْعٰدِۙ وَلٰكِنْ لِّيَقْضِيَ اللّٰهُ اَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُوْلًا ەۙ لِّيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَنْۢ بَيِّنَةٍ وَّيَحْيٰى مَنْ حَيَّ عَنْۢ بَيِّنَةٍۗ وَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَسَمِيْعٌ عَلِيْمٌۙ ۝٤٢

Transliteration

Iż antum bil-‘udwatid-dun-yā wa hum bil-‘udwatil-quṣwā war-rokbu asfala minkum, wa lau tawā‘attum lakhtalaftum fil-mī‘ād, wa lākil liyaqḍiyallāhu amron kāna maf‘ūlā, liyahlika man halaka ‘am bayyinatiw wa yaḥyā may ḥayya ‘am bayyinah, wa innallāha lasamī‘un ‘alīm

Meaning

Recall when you were on the nearer bank, and they were on the further bank, and the caravan was below you. Had you planned for this meeting, you would have disagreed on the timing, but Allah was to carry out a predetermined matter, so that those who perish would perish by clear evidence, and those who survive would survive by clear evidence. Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

Surah Al-Anfal verse 42 (Quran 8:42) is verse 42 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 10.

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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).