Medinan · Surah 8 of 114

Al-Anfaal 8:44

The Spoils of War · ayah 44 of 75

وَإِذْ يُرِيكُمُوهُمْ إِذِ ٱلْتَقَيْتُمْ فِىٓ أَعْيُنِكُمْ قَلِيلًۭا وَيُقَلِّلُكُمْ فِىٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ لِيَقْضِىَ ٱللَّهُ أَمْرًۭا كَانَ مَفْعُولًۭا ۗ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

Wa-ith yureekumoohum ithiiltaqaytum fee aAAyunikum qaleelan wayuqallilukum fee aAAyunihimliyaqdiya Allahu amran kana mafAAoolan wa-ilaAllahi turjaAAu al-omoor

"And [remember] when He showed them to you, when you met, as few in your eyes, and He made you [appear] as few in their eyes so that Allāh might accomplish a matter already destined. And to Allāh are [all] matters returned."

Saheeh International translation

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"When you met He showed them to you as few, and He made you few in their eyes, so that He might bring about what has been ordained: everything goes back to God."

Pickthall (classic)+

"And when He made you (Muslims), when ye met (them), see them with your eyes as few, and lessened you in their eyes, (it was) that Allah might conclude a thing that must be done. Unto Allah all things are brought back."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"And remember when ye met, He showed them to you as few in your eyes, and He made you appear as contemptible in their eyes: that Allah might accomplish a matter already enacted. For to Allah do all questions go back (for decision)."

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"When you met He showed them to you as few, and He made you few in their eyes, so that He might bring about what has been ordained: everything goes back to God."

Pickthall (classic)+

Yusuf Ali (classic)+