لِيَقۡطَعَ طَرَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَوۡ يَكۡبِتَهُمۡ فَيَنقَلِبُواْ خَآئِبِينَ ١٢٧
That He might cut down a section of the disbelievers or suppress them so that they turn back disappointed.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- لِيَقۡطَعَThat He may cut offliyaqṭaʿa
- طَرَفٗاa partṭarafan
- مِّنَofmina
- ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
- كَفَرُوٓاْdisbelievedkafarū
- أَوۡoraw
- يَكۡبِتَهُمۡsuppress themyakbitahum
- فَيَنقَلِبُواْso (that) they turn backfayanqalibū
- خَآئِبِينَdisappointedkhāibīna
Tafsir
Your victory in the Battle of Badr was because Allah willed that a group of the disbelievers be destroyed, and another be humiliated, frustrating them through defeat so that they withdrew.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran