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

Quran 8:44

8:44

وَإِذْ يُرِيكُمُوهُمْ إِذِ ٱلْتَقَيْتُمْ فِىٓ أَعْيُنِكُمْ قَلِيلًا وَيُقَلِّلُكُمْ فِىٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ لِيَقْضِىَ ٱللَّهُ أَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُولًا ۗ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

wa-idh yurīkumūhum idhi l-taqaytum fī aʿyunikum qalīlan wayuqallilukum fī aʿyunihim liyaqḍiya l-lahu amran kāna mafʿūlan wa-ilā l-lahi tur'jaʿu l-umūru

And [remember] when He showed them to you, when you met, as few in your eyes, and He made you [appear] as few in their eyes so that Allāh might accomplish a matter already destined. And to Allāh are [all] matters returned.

— Saheeh International

When you met He showed them to you as few, and He made you few in their eyes, so that He might bring about what has been ordained: everything goes back to God.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when you met (the army of the disbelievers on the Day of the battle of Badr), He showed them to you as few in your eyes and He made you appear as few in their eyes, so that Allâh might accomplish a matter already ordained (in His Knowledge), and to Allâh return all matters (for decision).

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

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Word by Word

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
يُرِيكُمُوهُمْyurīkumūhumHe showed them to you
إِذِidhiwhen
ٱلْتَقَيْتُمْl-taqaytumyou met
فِىٓfīin
أَعْيُنِكُمْaʿyunikumyour eyes
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlan(as) few
وَيُقَلِّلُكُمْwayuqallilukumand He made you (appear) as few
فِىٓfīin
أَعْيُنِهِمْaʿyunihimtheir eyes
لِيَقْضِىَliyaqḍiyathat might accomplish
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah might accomplish
أَمْرًۭاamrana matter
كَانَkāna(that) was
مَفْعُولًۭاۗmafʿūlan(already) destined
وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd to
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
تُرْجَعُtur'jaʿureturn
ٱلْأُمُورُl-umūru(all) the matters