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

Quran 8:58

8:58

وَإِمَّا تَخَافَنَّ مِن قَوْمٍ خِيَانَةً فَٱنۢبِذْ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ

wa-immā takhāfanna min qawmin khiyānatan fa-inbidh ilayhim ʿalā sawāin inna l-laha lā yuḥibbu l-khāinīna

If you [have reason to] fear from a people betrayal, throw [their treaty] back to them, [putting you] on equal terms. Indeed, Allāh does not like traitors.

— Saheeh International

And if you learn of treachery on the part of any people, throw their treaty back at them, for God does not love the treacherous.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) fear treachery from any people throw back (their covenant) to them (so as to be) on equal terms (that there will be no more covenant between you and them). Certainly Allâh likes not the treacherous.

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

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Word by Word

وَإِمَّاwa-immāAnd if
تَخَافَنَّtakhāfannayou fear
مِنminfrom
قَوْمٍqawmina people
خِيَانَةًۭkhiyānatanbetrayal
فَٱنۢبِذْfa-inbidhthrow back
إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
عَلَىٰʿalāon
سَوَآءٍۚsawāinequal (terms)
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَاlā(does) not
يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
ٱلْخَآئِنِينَl-khāinīnathe traitors