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Al-Anfal 71

Ayah 71 of 75 · Medinan

وَإِن يُرِيدُواْ خِيَانَتَكَ فَقَدۡ خَانُواْ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبۡلُ فَأَمۡكَنَ مِنۡهُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ٧١

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنBut ifwa-in
  2. يُرِيدُواْthey intendyurīdū
  3. خِيَانَتَكَ(to) betray youkhiyānataka
  4. فَقَدۡcertainlyfaqad
  5. خَانُواْthey have betrayedkhānū
  6. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  9. فَأَمۡكَنَSo He gave (you) powerfa-amkana
  10. مِنۡهُمۡۗover themmin'hum
  11. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  12. عَلِيمٌ(is) All-Knowerʿalīmun
  13. حَكِيمٌAll-Wiseḥakīmun

Tafsir

If their goal, O Muhammad, is to betray you by the words they utter, then they have betrayed Allah previously and Allah gave you victory over them when some of them were killed and others were taken captive. They should therefore wait for something similar to happen if they return to their evil. Allah knows about His creation and what is best for them, and He is Wise in His handling of affairs.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran