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Al-Anfal 16

Ayah 16 of 75 · Medinan

وَمَن يُوَلِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ دُبُرَهُۥٓ إِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفٗا لِّقِتَالٍ أَوۡ مُتَحَيِّزًا إِلَىٰ فِئَةٖ فَقَدۡ بَآءَ بِغَضَبٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَأۡوَىٰهُ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ١٦

And whoever turns his back to them on such a day, unless swerving [as a strategy] for war or joining [another] company, has certainly returned with anger [upon him] from Allāh, and his refuge is Hell - and wretched is the destination.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  2. يُوَلِّهِمۡturns to themyuwallihim
  3. يَوۡمَئِذٖthat dayyawma-idhin
  4. دُبُرَهُۥٓhis backduburahu
  5. إِلَّاexceptillā
  6. مُتَحَرِّفٗا(as) a strategymutaḥarrifan
  7. لِّقِتَالٍof warliqitālin
  8. أَوۡoraw
  9. مُتَحَيِّزًا(to) joinmutaḥayyizan
  10. إِلَىٰtoilā
  11. فِئَةٖa groupfi-atin
  12. فَقَدۡcertainlyfaqad
  13. بَآءَ(he has) incurredbāa
  14. بِغَضَبٖwrathbighaḍabin
  15. مِّنَofmina
  16. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  17. وَمَأۡوَىٰهُand his abodewamawāhu
  18. جَهَنَّمُۖ(is) Helljahannamu
  19. وَبِئۡسَa wretchedwabi'sa
  20. ٱلۡمَصِيرُdestinationl-maṣīru

Tafsir

And whoever turns their back running away- unless they are withdrawing as a strategy with the intention of turning back to fight, or doing it to join a group of Muslims in order to help them-then certainly, he will earn the anger of Allah, and his place in the Hereafter will be Hell; what a miserable destination and final destiny!

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran