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Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 12 (8:12)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

إِذْ يُوحِى رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ أَنِّى مَعَكُمْ فَثَبِّتُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۚ سَأُلْقِى …

Quran 8:12 is ayah 12 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 178 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:12
إِذْيُوحِىرَبُّكَإِلَىٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِأَنِّىمَعَكُمْفَثَبِّتُوا۟ٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟ ۚسَأُلْقِىفِىقُلُوبِٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ٱلرُّعْبَفَٱضْرِبُوا۟فَوْقَٱلْأَعْنَاقِوَٱضْرِبُوا۟مِنْهُمْكُلَّبَنَانٍ١٢
idh yūḥī rabbuka ilā l-malāikati annī maʿakum fathabbitū alladhīna āmanū sa-ul'qī fī qulūbi alladhīna kafarū l-ruʿ'ba fa-iḍ'ribū fawqa l-aʿnāqi wa-iḍ'ribū min'hum kulla banānin

[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip."(12)

Word by word

  1. إِذْidhWhen
  2. يُوحِىyūḥīinspired
  3. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
  4. إِلَىilāto
  5. ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe Angels
  6. أَنِّىannīI am
  7. مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you
  8. فَثَبِّتُوا۟fathabbitūso strengthen
  9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  10. ءَامَنُوا۟ ۚāmanūbelieved
  11. سَأُلْقِىsa-ul'qīI will cast
  12. فِىfīin
  13. قُلُوبِqulūbi(the) hearts
  14. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
  15. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  16. ٱلرُّعْبَl-ruʿ'bathe terror
  17. فَٱضْرِبُوا۟fa-iḍ'ribūso strike
  18. فَوْقَfawqaabove
  19. ٱلْأَعْنَاقِl-aʿnāqithe necks
  20. وَٱضْرِبُوا۟wa-iḍ'ribūand strike
  21. مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
  22. كُلَّkullaevery
  23. بَنَانٍbanāninfingertip[s]

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