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Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 71

سورة الأنفال، الآية ٧١

8:71 Juz 10 Hizb 19 Page 186 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 8:71

وَإِن يُرِيدُوا۟ خِيَانَتَكَ فَقَدْ خَانُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ فَأَمْكَنَ مِنْهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ۝٧١

Transliteration

wa-in yurīdū khiyānataka faqad khānū l-laha min qablu fa-amkana min'hum wal-lahu ʿalīmun ḥakīmun

Translation

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.

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Verse 71 of Surah Al-Anfal (8:71), a Medinan surah, is in juz 10, on page 186 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 71

Al-Mukhtasar

If their goal, O Muhammad, is to betray you by the words they utter, then they have betrayed Allah previously and Allah gave you victory over them when some of them were killed and others were taken captive. They should therefore wait for something similar to happen if they return to their evil. Allah knows about His creation and what is best for them, and He is Wise in His handling of affairs.

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Other translations of verse 71

But if they intend to betray you, they have already betrayed Allah before, so He empowered you over them. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

But if they intend to betray you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), they indeed betrayed Allâh before. So He gave (you) power over them. And Allâh is All-Knower, All-Wise.

And if they would betray thee, they betrayed Allah before, and He gave (thee) power over them. Allah is Knower, Wise.

But if they have treacherous designs against thee, (O Messenger!), they have already been in treason against Allah, and so hath He given (thee) power over them. And Allah so He Who hath (full) knowledge and wisdom.

And if they intend to act unfaithfully towards you, so indeed they acted unfaithfully towards Allah before, but He gave (you) mastery over them; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.

And in case they would (think) of treachery against you, then they have already betrayed Allah earlier (Literally: even before) yet He has established (your) mastery over them; and Allah is Ever-Knowing, Ever-Wise.

Verse 71 word by word

  1. وَإِن wa-in But if
  2. يُرِيدُوا۟ yurīdū they intend ر و د
  3. خِيَانَتَكَ khiyānataka (to) betray you خ و ن
  4. فَقَدْ faqad certainly
  5. خَانُوا۟ khānū they have betrayed خ و ن
  6. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  7. مِن min from
  8. قَبْلُ qablu before ق ب ل
  9. فَأَمْكَنَ fa-amkana So He gave (you) power م ك ن
  10. مِنْهُمْ min'hum over them
  11. وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
  12. عَلِيمٌ ʿalīmun (is) All-Knower ع ل م
  13. حَكِيمٌ ḥakīmun All-Wise ح ك م

The names of Allah in this verse

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