Al-Anfal

In the name of God, the Gracious, the
Merciful











1. They ask you about the bounties. Say,

“The bounties are for God and the Messenger.”
So be mindful of God, and settle
your differences, and obey God and His
Messenger, if you are believers.
2. The believers are those whose hearts
tremble when God is mentioned, and
when His revelations are recited to them,
they strengthen them in faith, and upon
their Lord they rely.
3. Those who perform the prayer, and
from Our provisions to them, they spend.
4. These are the true believers. They have
high standing with their Lord, and forgiveness,
and a generous provision.
5. Even as your Lord brought you out of
your home with the truth, some believers
were reluctant.
6. Arguing with you about the truth after it
was made clear, as if they were being driven
to death as they looked on.
7. God has promised you one of the two
groups—that it would be yours—but you
wanted the unarmed group to be yours.
God intends to prove the truth with His
words, and to uproot the disbelievers.
8. In order to confirm the truth and nullify
falsehood, even though the guilty dislike
it.
9. When you appealed to your Lord for
help, He answered you, “I am reinforcing
you with one thousand angels in succession.”
10. God only made it a message of hope, to
set your hearts at rest. Victory comes only
from God. God is Mighty and Wise.
11. He made drowsiness overcome you, as
a security from Him. And He sent down
upon you water from the sky, to cleanse
you with it, and to rid you of Satan’s pollution,
and to fortify your hearts, and to
strengthen your foothold.
12. Your Lord inspired the angels: “I am
with you, so support those who believe. I
will cast terror into the hearts of those
who disbelieve. So strike above the necks,
and strike off every fingertip of theirs.”
13. That is because they opposed God and
His Messenger. Whoever opposes God
and His Messenger—God is severe in retribution.
14. “Here it is; so taste it.” For the disbelievers
there is the suffering of the Fire.
15. O you who believe! When you meet
those who disbelieve on the march, never
turn your backs on them.
16. Anyone who turns his back on them on
that Day, except while maneuvering for
battle, or to join another group, has incurred
wrath from God, and his abode is
Hell—what a miserable destination!
17. It was not you who killed them, but it
was God who killed them. And it was not
you who launched when you launched,
but it was God who launched. That He
may bestow upon the believers an excellent
reward. God is Hearing and Knowing.
18. Such is the case. God will undermine
the strategy of the disbelievers.
19. If you desire a verdict, the verdict has
come to you. If you desist, it would be best
for you. If you return, We will return; and
your troops, however numerous, will not
benefit you. God is with the believers.
20. O you who believe! Obey God and His
Messenger, and do not turn away from
him when you hear.
21. And be not like those who say, “We
hear,” when they do not hear.
22. The worst of animals to God are the
deaf and dumb—those who do not reason.
23. Had God recognized any good in them,
He would have made them hear; and had
He made them hear, they would have
turned away defiantly.
24. O you who believe! Respond to God
and to the Messenger when He calls you to
what will revive you. And know that God
stands between a man and his heart, and
that to Him you will be gathered.
25. And beware of discord which does not
afflict the wrongdoers among you exclusively;
and know that God is severe in retribution.
26. And remember when you were few,
oppressed in the land, fearing that people
may capture you; but He sheltered you,
and supported you with His victory, and
provided you with good things—so that
you may be thankful.
27. O you who believe! Do not betray God
and the Messenger, nor betray your trusts,
while you know.
28. And know that your possessions and
your children are a test; and that God possesses
an immense reward.
29. O you who believe! If you remain conscious
of God, He will give you a criterion,
and remit from you your sins, and forgive
you. God is possessor of infinite grace.
30. When the disbelievers plotted against
you, to imprison you, or kill you, or expel
you. They planned, and God planned, but
God is the Best of planners.
31. And when Our revelations are recited
to them, they say, “We have heard. Had
we wanted, we could have said the like of
this; these are nothing but myths of the
ancients.”
32. And they said, “Our God, if this is the
truth from You, then rain down on us
stones from the sky, or visit us with a
painful affliction.”
33. But God would not punish them while
you are amongst them. And God would
not punish them as long as they seek forgiveness.
34. Yet why should God not punish them,
when they are turning others away from
the Sacred Mosque, although they are not
its custodians? Its rightful custodians are
the pious; but most of them do not know.
35. Their prayer at the House was nothing
but whistling and clapping—so taste the
punishment for your blasphemy.
36. Those who disbelieve spend their
wealth to repel from God’s path. They will
spend it, then it will become a source of
sorrow for them, and then they will be
defeated. Those who disbelieve will be
herded into Hell.
37. That God may distinguish the bad from
the good, and heap the bad on top of one
another, and pile them together, and
throw them in Hell. These are the losers.
38. Say to those who disbelieve: if they desist,
their past will be forgiven. But if they
persist—the practice of the ancients has
passed away.
39. Fight them until there is no more persecution,
and religion becomes exclusively
for God. But if they desist—God is Seeing
of what they do.
40. And if they turn away, know that God
is your Protector. The Best Protector, and
the Best Supporter.
41. And know that whatever spoils you
gain, to God belongs its fifth, and to the
Messenger, and the relatives, and the orphans,
and the poor, and to the wayfarer,
provided you believe in God and in what
We revealed to Our servant on the Day of
Distinction, the day when the two armies
met. God is Capable of everything.
42. Recall when you were on the nearer
bank, and they were on the further bank,
and the caravan was below you. Had you
planned for this meeting, you would have
disagreed on the timing, but God was to
carry out a predetermined matter, so that
those who perish would perish by clear
evidence, and those who survive would
survive by clear evidence. God is Hearing
and Knowing.
43. God made them appear in your dream
as few. Had He made them appear as
many, you would have lost heart, and disputed
in the matter. But God saved the
situation. He knows what the hearts contain.
44. When you met, He made them appear
as few in your eyes, and made you appear
fewer in their eyes, so that God may conclude
a predetermined matter. To God all
matters revert.
45. O you who believe! When you meet a
force, stand firm, and remember God
much, so that you may prevail.
46. And obey God and His Messenger, and
do not dispute, lest you falter and lose
your courage. And be steadfast. God is
with the steadfast.
47. And do not be like those who left their
homes boastfully, showing off before the
people, and barring others from the path
of God. God comprehends what they do.
48. Satan made their deeds appear good to
them, and said, “You cannot be defeated
by any people today, and I am at your
side.” But when the two armies came in
sight of one another, he turned on his
heels, and said, “I am innocent of you; I
see what you do not see; I fear God; God is
severe in punishment.”
49. The hypocrites and those in whose
hearts is sickness said, “Their religion has
deluded these people.” But whoever puts
his trust in God—God is Mighty and
Wise.
50. If only you could see, as the angels take
away those who disbelieve, striking their
faces and their backs: “Taste the agony of
the Burning.”
51. “That is because of what your hands
have committed, and because God is not
unjust to the servants.”
52. Like the behavior of the people of Pharaoh,
and those before them. They rejected
the signs of God, so God seized them for
their sins. God is Powerful, Severe in punishment.
53. That is because God would never
change a blessing He has bestowed on a
people unless they change what is within
themselves, and because God is Hearing
and Knowing.
54. Such was the case with the people of
Pharaoh, and those before them. They
denied the signs of their Lord, so We annihilated
them for their wrongs, and We
drowned the people of Pharaoh—they
were all evildoers.
55. The worst of creatures in God's view
are those who disbelieve. They have no
faith.
56. Those of them with whom you made a
treaty, but they violate their agreement
every time. They are not righteous.
57. If you confront them in battle, make of
them a fearsome example for those who
follow them, that they may take heed.
58. If you fear treachery on the part of a
people, break off with them in a like manner.
God does not like the treacherous.
59. Let not the disbelievers assume that
they are ahead. They will not escape.
60. And prepare against them all the power
you can muster, and all the cavalry you
can mobilize, to terrify thereby God’s enemies
and your enemies, and others besides
them whom you do not know, but
God knows them. Whatever you spend in
God’s way will be repaid to you in full, and
you will not be wronged.
61. But if they incline towards peace, then
incline towards it, and put your trust in
God. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
62. If they intend to deceive you—God is
sufficient for you. It is He who supported
you with His aid, and with the believers.
63. And He united their hearts. Had you
spent everything on earth, you would not
have united their hearts, but God united
them together. He is Mighty and Wise.
64. O prophet! Count on God, and on the
believers who have followed you.
65. O prophet! Rouse the believers to battle.
If there are twenty steadfast among
you, they will defeat two hundred; and if
there are a hundred of you, they will defeat
a thousand of those who disbelieve;
because they are a people who do not understand.
66. God has now lightened your burden,
knowing that there is weakness in you. If
there are a hundred steadfast among you,
they will defeat two hundred; and if there
are a thousand of you, they will defeat two
thousand by God’s leave. God is with the
steadfast.
67. It is not for a prophet to take prisoners
before he has subdued the land. You desire
the materials of this world, but God
desires the Hereafter. God is Strong and
Wise.
68. Were it not for a predetermined decree
from God, an awful punishment would
have afflicted you for what you have taken.
69. So consume what you have gained, legitimate
and wholesome, and remain conscious
of God. God is Forgiving and Merciful.
70. O prophet! Say to those you hold prisoners,
“If God finds any good in your
hearts, He will give you better than what
was taken from you, and He will forgive
you. God is Forgiving and Merciful.”
71. But if they intend to betray you, they
have already betrayed God, and He has
overpowered them. God is Knowing and
Wise.
72. Those who believed, and emigrated,
and struggled in God’s cause with their
possessions and their persons, and those
who provided shelter and support—these
are allies of one another. As for those who
believed, but did not emigrate, you owe
them no protection, until they have emigrated.
But if they ask you for help in religion,
you must come to their aid, except
against a people with whom you have a
treaty. God is Seeing of what you do.
73. As for those who disbelieve, they are
allies of one another. Unless you do this,
there will be turmoil in the land, and
much corruption.
74. Those who believed, and emigrated,
and struggled for God’s cause, and those
who gave shelter and support—these are
the true believers. They will have forgiveness,
and a bountiful provision.
75. As for those who believed afterwards,
and emigrated and struggled with you—
these belong with you. But family members
are nearer to one another in the Book
of God. God is Cognizant of everything.