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

Quran 8:53

8:53

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۙ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

dhālika bi-anna l-laha lam yaku mughayyiran niʿ'matan anʿamahā ʿalā qawmin ḥattā yughayyirū mā bi-anfusihim wa-anna l-laha samīʿun ʿalīmun

That is because Allāh would not change a favor which He had bestowed upon a people until they change what is within themselves. And indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

— Saheeh International

[He did] this because God would never change a favour He had conferred on a people unless they changed what was within themselves. God is all hearing, all knowing.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

That is so because Allâh will never change a grace which He has bestowed on a people until they change what is in their ownselves. And verily, Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower.

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

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Word by Word

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّbi-anna(is) because
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَمْlamnot
يَكُyakuis
مُغَيِّرًۭاmughayyiranOne Who changes
نِّعْمَةًniʿ'matana favor
أَنْعَمَهَاanʿamahāwhich He had bestowed
عَلَىٰʿalāon
قَوْمٍqawmina people
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يُغَيِّرُوا۟yughayyirūthey change
مَاmāwhat
بِأَنفُسِهِمْۙbi-anfusihim(is) in themselves
وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knowing