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Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 71 (8:71)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

وَإِن يُرِيدُوا۟ خِيَانَتَكَ فَقَدْ خَانُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ فَأَمْكَنَ مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ …

Quran 8:71 is ayah 71 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 186 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:71
وَإِنيُرِيدُوا۟خِيَانَتَكَفَقَدْخَانُوا۟ٱللَّهَمِنقَبْلُفَأَمْكَنَمِنْهُمْ ۗوَٱللَّهُعَلِيمٌحَكِيمٌ٧١
wa-in yurīdū khiyānataka faqad khānū l-laha min qablu fa-amkana min'hum wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

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.(71)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنwa-inBut if
  2. يُرِيدُوا۟yurīdūthey intend
  3. خِيَانَتَكَkhiyānataka(to) betray you
  4. فَقَدْfaqadcertainly
  5. خَانُوا۟khānūthey have betrayed
  6. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  7. مِنminfrom
  8. قَبْلُqablubefore
  9. فَأَمْكَنَfa-amkanaSo He gave (you) power
  10. مِنْهُمْ ۗmin'humover them
  11. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  12. عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
  13. حَكِيمٌḥakīmunAll-Wise

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