Surah Al-Anfal (الأنفال) • The Spoils of War

Quran 8:12

8:12

إِذْ يُوحِى رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ أَنِّى مَعَكُمْ فَثَبِّتُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۚ سَأُلْقِى فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلرُّعْبَ فَٱضْرِبُوا۟ فَوْقَ ٱلْأَعْنَاقِ وَٱضْرِبُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ بَنَانٍ

idh yūḥī rabbuka ilā l-malāikati annī maʿakum fathabbitū alladhīna āmanū sa-ul'qī fī qulūbi alladhīna kafarū l-ruʿ'ba fa-iḍ'ribū fawqa l-aʿnāqi wa-iḍ'ribū min'hum kulla banānin

[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip."

— Saheeh International

Your Lord revealed to the angels: ‘I am with you: give the believers firmness; I shall put terror into the hearts of the disbelievers- strike above their necks and strike all their fingertips.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(Remember) when your Lord revealed to the angels, "Verily, I am with you, so keep firm those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who have disbelieved, so strike them over the necks, and smite over all their fingers and toes."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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إِذْidhWhen
يُوحِىyūḥīinspired
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
إِلَىilāto
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe Angels
أَنِّىannīI am
مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you
فَثَبِّتُوا۟fathabbitūso strengthen
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟ۚāmanūbelieved
سَأُلْقِىsa-ul'qīI will cast
فِىfīin
قُلُوبِqulūbi(the) hearts
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
ٱلرُّعْبَl-ruʿ'bathe terror
فَٱضْرِبُوا۟fa-iḍ'ribūso strike
فَوْقَfawqaabove
ٱلْأَعْنَاقِl-aʿnāqithe necks
وَٱضْرِبُوا۟wa-iḍ'ribūand strike
مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
كُلَّkullaevery
بَنَانٍۢbanāninfingertip[s]