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

Quran 8:43

8:43

إِذْ يُرِيكَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى مَنَامِكَ قَلِيلًا ۖ وَلَوْ أَرَىٰكَهُمْ كَثِيرًا لَّفَشِلْتُمْ وَلَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْرِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَلَّمَ ۗ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

idh yurīkahumu l-lahu fī manāmika qalīlan walaw arākahum kathīran lafashil'tum walatanāzaʿtum fī l-amri walākinna l-laha sallama innahu ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri

[Remember, O Muḥammad], when Allāh showed them to you in your dream as few; and if He had shown them to you as many, you [believers] would have lost courage and would have disputed in the matter [of whether to fight], but Allāh saved [you from that]. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], remember when God made you see them in your sleep as few: if He had shown them to you [believers] as many, you would certainly have lost heart and argued about it, but God saved you. He knows the secrets of the heart.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(And remember) when Allâh showed them to you as few in your (i.e. Muhammad’s صلى الله عليه وسلم) dream; if He had shown them to you as many, you would surely have been discouraged, and you would surely have disputed in making a decision. But Allâh saved (you). Certainly, He is the All-Knower of what is in the breasts.

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

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Word by Word

إِذْidhWhen
يُرِيكَهُمُyurīkahumuyou (where) shown them
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
فِىfīin
مَنَامِكَmanāmikayour dream
قَلِيلًۭاۖqalīlan(as) few
وَلَوْwalawand if
أَرَىٰكَهُمْarākahumHe had shown them to you
كَثِيرًۭاkathīran(as) many
لَّفَشِلْتُمْlafashil'tumsurely you would have lost courage
وَلَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْwalatanāzaʿtumand surely you would have disputed
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe matter
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
سَلَّمَۗsallamasaved (you)
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
بِذَاتِbidhātiof what is in
ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūrithe breasts