Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 18 (8:18)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

ذَٰلِكُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُوهِنُ كَيْدِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

Quran 8:18 is ayah 18 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 179 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:18
ذَٰلِكُمْوَأَنَّٱللَّهَمُوهِنُكَيْدِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ١٨
dhālikum wa-anna l-laha mūhinu kaydi l-kāfirīna

That [is so], and [also] that Allāh will weaken the plot of the disbelievers.(18)

Word by word

  1. ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat (is the case)
  2. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
  3. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah (is)
  4. مُوهِنُmūhinuone who makes weak
  5. كَيْدِkaydi(the) plan
  6. ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers

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