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

Quran 8:63

8:63

وَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ ۚ لَوْ أَنفَقْتَ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مَّآ أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

wa-allafa bayna qulūbihim law anfaqta mā fī l-arḍi jamīʿan mā allafta bayna qulūbihim walākinna l-laha allafa baynahum innahu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

And brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allāh brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.

— Saheeh International

and with the believers, and brought their hearts together. Even if you had given away everything in the earth you could not have done this, but God brought them together: God is mighty and wise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And He has united their (i.e. believers’) hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts, but Allâh has united them. Certainly He is All-Mighty, All-Wise.

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

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Word by Word

وَأَلَّفَwa-allafaAnd He (has) put affection
بَيْنَbaynabetween
قُلُوبِهِمْۚqulūbihimtheir hearts
لَوْlawIf
أَنفَقْتَanfaqtayou (had) spent
مَاmāwhatever
فِىfī(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
مَّآmānot
أَلَّفْتَallafta(could) you (have) put affection
بَيْنَbaynabetween
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
أَلَّفَallafa(has) put affection
بَيْنَهُمْۚbaynahumbetween them
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise