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

Quran 8:66

8:66

ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ خَفَّفَ ٱللَّهُ عَنكُمْ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ ضَعْفًا ۚ فَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُم مِّا۟ئَةٌ صَابِرَةٌ يَغْلِبُوا۟ مِا۟ئَتَيْنِ ۚ وَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُمْ أَلْفٌ يَغْلِبُوٓا۟ أَلْفَيْنِ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

al-āna khaffafa l-lahu ʿankum waʿalima anna fīkum ḍaʿfan fa-in yakun minkum mi-atun ṣābiratun yaghlibū mi-atayni wa-in yakun minkum alfun yaghlibū alfayni bi-idh'ni l-lahi wal-lahu maʿa l-ṣābirīna

Now, Allāh has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allāh. And Allāh is with the steadfast.

— Saheeh International

But God has lightened your burden for now, knowing that there is weakness in you––a steadfast hundred of you will defeat two hundred and a steadfast thousand of you will defeat two thousand, by God’s permission: God is with the steadfast.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Now Allâh has lightened your (task), for He knows that there is weakness in you. So if there are of you a hundred steadfast persons, they shall overcome two hundreds, and if there are a thousand of you, they shall overcome two thousand with the Leave of Allâh. And Allâh is with As-Sâbirûn (the patient).

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

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ٱلْـَٔـٰنَal-ānaNow
خَفَّفَkhaffafahas (been) lightened
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
عَنكُمْʿankumfor you
وَعَلِمَwaʿalimaand He knows
أَنَّannathat
فِيكُمْfīkumin you
ضَعْفًۭاۚḍaʿfan(there) is weakness
فَإِنfa-inSo if
يَكُنyakun(there) are
مِّنكُمminkumamong you
مِّا۟ئَةٌۭmi-atuna hundred
صَابِرَةٌۭṣābiratunsteadfast
يَغْلِبُوا۟yaghlibūthey will overcome
مِا۟ئَتَيْنِۚmi-ataynitwo hundred
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
يَكُنyakun(there) are
مِّنكُمْminkumamong you
أَلْفٌۭalfuna thousand
يَغْلِبُوٓا۟yaghlibūthey will overcome
أَلْفَيْنِalfaynitwo thousand
بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niwith (the) permission
ٱللَّهِۗl-lahi(of) Allah
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
مَعَmaʿa(is) with
ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīnathe steadfast