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

Quran 8:36

8:36

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ لِيَصُدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَسَيُنفِقُونَهَا ثُمَّ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسْرَةً ثُمَّ يُغْلَبُونَ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ يُحْشَرُونَ

inna alladhīna kafarū yunfiqūna amwālahum liyaṣuddū ʿan sabīli l-lahi fasayunfiqūnahā thumma takūnu ʿalayhim ḥasratan thumma yugh'labūna wa-alladhīna kafarū ilā jahannama yuḥ'sharūna

Indeed, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to avert [people] from the way of Allāh. So they will spend it; then it will be for them a [source of] regret; then they will be overcome. And those who have disbelieved - unto Hell they will be gathered.

— Saheeh International

They use their wealth to bar people from the path of God, and they will go on doing so. In the end this will be a source of intense regret for them: they will be overcome and herded towards Hell.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to hinder (men) from the Path of Allâh, and so will they continue to spend it; but in the end it will become an anguish for them. Then they will be overcome. And those who disbelieve will be gathered unto Hell.

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

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Word by Word

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend
أَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahumtheir wealth
لِيَصُدُّوا۟liyaṣuddūto hinder (people)
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(of) Allah
فَسَيُنفِقُونَهَاfasayunfiqūnahāSo they will spend it
ثُمَّthummathen
تَكُونُtakūnuit will be
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them
حَسْرَةًۭḥasratana regret
ثُمَّthummathen
يُغْلَبُونَۗyugh'labūnathey will be overcome
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve
إِلَىٰilāto
جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
يُحْشَرُونَyuḥ'sharūnathey will be gathered