Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 51 (8:51)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

Quran 8:51 is ayah 51 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 183 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:51
ذَٰلِكَبِمَاقَدَّمَتْأَيْدِيكُمْوَأَنَّٱللَّهَلَيْسَبِظَلَّٰمٍلِّلْعَبِيدِ٥١
dhālika bimā qaddamat aydīkum wa-anna l-laha laysa biẓallāmin lil'ʿabīdi

That is for what your hands have put forth [of evil] and because Allāh is not ever unjust to [His] servants."(51)

Word by word

  1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  2. بِمَاbimā(is) for what
  3. قَدَّمَتْqaddamatsent forth
  4. أَيْدِيكُمْaydīkumyour hands
  5. وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd indeed
  6. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  7. لَيْسَlaysa(is) not
  8. بِظَلَّٰمٍbiẓallāminunjust
  9. لِّلْعَبِيدِlil'ʿabīdito His slaves

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