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

Quran 8:71

8:71

وَإِن يُرِيدُوا۟ خِيَانَتَكَ فَقَدْ خَانُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ فَأَمْكَنَ مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

wa-in yurīdū khiyānataka faqad khānū l-laha min qablu fa-amkana min'hum wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

But if they intend to betray you - then they have already betrayed Allāh before, and He empowered [you] over them. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

— Saheeh International

But if they mean to betray you, they have betrayed God before, and He has given you mastery over them: He is all knowing, all wise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But if they intend to betray you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), they indeed betrayed Allâh before. So He gave (you) power over them. And Allâh is All-Knower, All-Wise.

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

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Word by Word

وَإِنwa-inBut if
يُرِيدُوا۟yurīdūthey intend
خِيَانَتَكَkhiyānataka(to) betray you
فَقَدْfaqadcertainly
خَانُوا۟khānūthey have betrayed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُqablubefore
فَأَمْكَنَfa-amkanaSo He gave (you) power
مِنْهُمْۗmin'humover them
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
حَكِيمٌḥakīmunAll-Wise