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

Quran 8:19

8:19

إِن تَسْتَفْتِحُوا۟ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُمُ ٱلْفَتْحُ ۖ وَإِن تَنتَهُوا۟ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَإِن تَعُودُوا۟ نَعُدْ وَلَن تُغْنِىَ عَنكُمْ فِئَتُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَوْ كَثُرَتْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

in tastaftiḥū faqad jāakumu l-fatḥu wa-in tantahū fahuwa khayrun lakum wa-in taʿūdū naʿud walan tugh'niya ʿankum fi-atukum shayan walaw kathurat wa-anna l-laha maʿa l-mu'minīna

If you [disbelievers] seek the decision [i.e., victory] - the decision [i.e., defeat] has come to you. And if you desist [from hostilities], it is best for you; but if you return [to war], We will return, and never will you be availed by your [large] company at all, even if it should increase; and [that is] because Allāh is with the believers.

— Saheeh International

[Disbelievers], if you were seeking a decision, now you have witnessed one: if you stop here, it will be better for you. If you return, so shall We, and your forces, though greater in number, will be of no use to you. God is with the believers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(O disbelievers) if you ask for a judgement, now has the judgement come unto you; and if you cease (to do wrong), it will be better for you, and if you return (to the attack), so shall We return, and your forces will be of no avail to you, however numerous they be; and verily, Allâh is with the believers.

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

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Word by Word

إِنinIf
تَسْتَفْتِحُوا۟tastaftiḥūyou ask for victory
فَقَدْfaqadthen certainly
جَآءَكُمُjāakumuhas come to you
ٱلْفَتْحُۖl-fatḥuthe victory
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تَنتَهُوا۟tantahūyou desist
فَهُوَfahuwathen it (is)
خَيْرٌۭkhayrungood
لَّكُمْۖlakumfor you
وَإِنwa-inbut if
تَعُودُوا۟taʿūdūyou return
نَعُدْnaʿudWe will return (too)
وَلَنwalanAnd never
تُغْنِىَtugh'niyawill avail
عَنكُمْʿankumyou
فِئَتُكُمْfi-atukumyour forces
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
وَلَوْwalaweven if
كَثُرَتْkathurat(they are) numerous
وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd that
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مَعَmaʿa(is) with
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers