Al-Anfaal 8:15
The Spoils of War · ayah 15 of 75
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ زَحْفًۭا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ ٱلْأَدْبَارَ
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooitha laqeetumu allatheena kafaroo zahfan falatuwalloohumu al-adbar
"O you who have believed, when you meet those who disbelieve advancing [in battle], do not turn to them your backs [in flight]."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Believers, when you meet the disbelievers in battle, never turn your backs on them:"
Pickthall (classic)+
"O ye who believe! When ye meet those who disbelieve in battle, turn not your backs to them."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"O ye who believe! when ye meet the Unbelievers in hostile array, never turn your backs to them."