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

Quran 8:7

8:7

وَإِذْ يَعِدُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ إِحْدَى ٱلطَّآئِفَتَيْنِ أَنَّهَا لَكُمْ وَتَوَدُّونَ أَنَّ غَيْرَ ذَاتِ ٱلشَّوْكَةِ تَكُونُ لَكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُحِقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ وَيَقْطَعَ دَابِرَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

wa-idh yaʿidukumu l-lahu iḥ'dā l-ṭāifatayni annahā lakum watawaddūna anna ghayra dhāti l-shawkati takūnu lakum wayurīdu l-lahu an yuḥiqqa l-ḥaqa bikalimātihi wayaqṭaʿa dābira l-kāfirīna

[Remember, O believers], when Allāh promised you one of the two groups - that it would be yours - and you wished that the unarmed one would be yours. But Allāh intended to establish the truth by His words and to eliminate the disbelievers

— Saheeh International

Remember how God promised you [believers] that one of the two enemy groups would fall to you: you wanted the unarmed group to be yours, but it was God’s will to establish the truth according to His Word and to finish off the disbelievers––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when Allâh promised you (Muslims) one of the two parties (of the enemy i.e. either the army or the caravan) that it should be yours; you wished that the one not armed (the caravan) should be yours, but Allâh willed to justify the truth by His Words and to cut off the roots of the disbelievers (i.e. in the battle of Badr).

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

Juz 9Page 177medinan

Word by Word

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
يَعِدُكُمُyaʿidukumupromised you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
إِحْدَىiḥ'dāone
ٱلطَّآئِفَتَيْنِl-ṭāifatayni(of) the two groups
أَنَّهَاannahāthat it (would be)
لَكُمْlakumfor you
وَتَوَدُّونَwatawaddūnaand you wished
أَنَّannathat
غَيْرَghayra(one) other than
ذَاتِdhātithat
ٱلشَّوْكَةِl-shawkati(of) the armed
تَكُونُtakūnuwould be
لَكُمْlakumfor you
وَيُرِيدُwayurīduBut intended
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
أَنanto
يُحِقَّyuḥiqqajustify
ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
بِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦbikalimātihiby His words
وَيَقْطَعَwayaqṭaʿaand cut off
دَابِرَdābira(the) roots
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers