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

Quran 8:16

8:16

وَمَن يُوَلِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ دُبُرَهُۥٓ إِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفًا لِّقِتَالٍ أَوْ مُتَحَيِّزًا إِلَىٰ فِئَةٍ فَقَدْ بَآءَ بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

waman yuwallihim yawma-idhin duburahu illā mutaḥarrifan liqitālin aw mutaḥayyizan ilā fi-atin faqad bāa bighaḍabin mina l-lahi wamawāhu jahannamu wabi'sa l-maṣīru

And whoever turns his back to them on such a day, unless swerving [as a strategy] for war or joining [another] company, has certainly returned with anger [upon him] from Allāh, and his refuge is Hell - and wretched is the destination.

— Saheeh International

if anyone does so on such a day- unless maneuvring to fight or to join a fighting group- he incurs the wrath of God, and Hell will be his home, a wretched destination!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And whoever turns his back to them on such a day - unless it be a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own), - he indeed has drawn upon himself wrath from Allâh. And his abode is Hell, and worst indeed is that destination!

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

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Word by Word

وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يُوَلِّهِمْyuwallihimturns to them
يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinthat day
دُبُرَهُۥٓduburahuhis back
إِلَّاillāexcept
مُتَحَرِّفًۭاmutaḥarrifan(as) a strategy
لِّقِتَالٍliqitālinof war
أَوْawor
مُتَحَيِّزًاmutaḥayyizan(to) join
إِلَىٰilāto
فِئَةٍۢfi-atina group
فَقَدْfaqadcertainly
بَآءَbāa(he has) incurred
بِغَضَبٍۢbighaḍabinwrath
مِّنَminaof
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَمَأْوَىٰهُwamawāhuand his abode
جَهَنَّمُۖjahannamu(is) Hell
وَبِئْسَwabi'saa wretched
ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīrudestination