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Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 63 (8:63)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

وَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ ۚ لَوْ أَنفَقْتَ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مَّآ أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ …

Quran 8:63 is ayah 63 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 185 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:63
وَأَلَّفَبَيْنَقُلُوبِهِمْ ۚلَوْأَنفَقْتَمَافِىٱلْأَرْضِجَمِيعًامَّآأَلَّفْتَبَيْنَقُلُوبِهِمْوَلَٰكِنَّٱللَّهَأَلَّفَبَيْنَهُمْ ۚإِنَّهُۥعَزِيزٌحَكِيمٌ٦٣
wa-allafa bayna qulūbihim law anfaqta mā fī l-arḍi jamīʿan mā allafta bayna qulūbihim walākinna l-laha allafa baynahum innahu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

And brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allāh brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.(63)

Word by word

  1. وَأَلَّفَwa-allafaAnd He (has) put affection
  2. بَيْنَbaynabetween
  3. قُلُوبِهِمْ ۚqulūbihimtheir hearts
  4. لَوْlawIf
  5. أَنفَقْتَanfaqtayou (had) spent
  6. مَاmāwhatever
  7. فِىfī(is) in
  8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  9. جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall
  10. مَّآmānot
  11. أَلَّفْتَallafta(could) you (have) put affection
  12. بَيْنَbaynabetween
  13. قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
  14. وَلَٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
  15. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  16. أَلَّفَallafa(has) put affection
  17. بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahumbetween them
  18. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  19. عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
  20. حَكِيمٌḥakīmunAll-Wise

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