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

Quran 8:37

8:37

لِيَمِيزَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَبِيثَ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبِ وَيَجْعَلَ ٱلْخَبِيثَ بَعْضَهُۥ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَيَرْكُمَهُۥ جَمِيعًا فَيَجْعَلَهُۥ فِى جَهَنَّمَ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ

liyamīza l-lahu l-khabītha mina l-ṭayibi wayajʿala l-khabītha baʿḍahu ʿalā baʿḍin fayarkumahu jamīʿan fayajʿalahu fī jahannama ulāika humu l-khāsirūna

[It is] so that Allāh may distinguish the wicked from the good and place the wicked some of them upon others and heap them all together and put them into Hell. It is those who are the losers.

— Saheeh International

God will separate the bad from the good, place the bad on top of one another- heaping them all up together- and put them in Hell. They will be the losers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

In order that Allâh may distinguish the wicked (disbelievers, polytheists and doers of evil deeds) from the good (believers of Islâmic Monotheism and doers of righteous deeds), and put the wicked (disbelievers, polytheists and doers of evil deeds) one over another, heap them together and cast them into Hell. Those! it is they who are the losers.

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

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لِيَمِيزَliyamīzaThat may distinguish
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ٱلْخَبِيثَl-khabīthathe wicked
مِنَminafrom
ٱلطَّيِّبِl-ṭayibithe good
وَيَجْعَلَwayajʿalaand place
ٱلْخَبِيثَl-khabīthathe wicked
بَعْضَهُۥbaʿḍahusome of them
عَلَىٰʿalāon
بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinothers
فَيَرْكُمَهُۥfayarkumahuand heap them
جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall together
فَيَجْعَلَهُۥfayajʿalahuand put them
فِىfīin
جَهَنَّمَۚjahannamaHell
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
هُمُhumuthey
ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna(are) the losers