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

Quran 8:15

8:15

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ زَحْفًا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ ٱلْأَدْبَارَ

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū idhā laqītumu alladhīna kafarū zaḥfan falā tuwallūhumu l-adbāra

O you who have believed, when you meet those who disbelieve advancing [in battle], do not turn to them your backs [in flight].

— Saheeh International

Believers, when you meet the disbelievers in battle, never turn your backs on them:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O you who believe! When you meet those who disbelieve, in a battle-field, never turn your backs to them.

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

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Word by Word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
إِذَاidhāWhen
لَقِيتُمُlaqītumuyou meet
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
زَحْفًۭاzaḥfanadvancing
فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
تُوَلُّوهُمُtuwallūhumuturn to them
ٱلْأَدْبَارَl-adbārathe backs