Sura 8 The Spoils of War (Al-Anfal)

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

[8:1] They ask you about the spoils of war, say, "The spoils of war belong to God and the messenger." So reverence God, patch up any differences among yourselves, and obey God and His messenger if you are believers.

[8:2] The believers are those whose hearts tremble when God is mentioned and when His revelations are recited to them, it increases their faith, and in their Lord they trust.

[8:3] It is those who observe the Salat, and from what We have provided them, they give.

[8:4] Truly, those are the believers. They shall attain ranks at their Lord, forgiveness, and a generous provision.

[8:5] Just like when your Lord brought you out of your home with the truth, even though a group among the believers hated it.

[8:6] They argue with you about the truth after it had been made clear as if they were being driven towards death while they were looking on.

[8:7] And when God promised you that one of the two groups would be yours to capture, you wanted the unarmed one to be yours, but God willed for the truth to be validated through His Words and to cut off the last remnant of the disbelievers,

[8:8] so that the truth shall be validated and falsehood shall be nullified, however much the criminals hate it.

[8:9] When you implored your Lord to rescue you, He responded to you: "I am supplying you with one thousand angels arriving in succession."

[8:10] God has done so but to give you good news so that your hearts would be assured thereby. Victory comes only from God. Indeed, God is Dignified, Wise.

[8:11] He made sleepiness overcome you; a tranquillity from Him, and He brings down water from the sky to purify you therewith, and to remove the devil's contamination from you, and to strengthen your hearts, and to secure the foothold therewith.

[8:12] Your Lord inspired the angels: "I am with you, so make resolute those who believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved. So strike them above the necks, and strike off all their fingertips."

[8:13] That is because they opposed God and His messenger, and for those who oppose God and His messenger, indeed, God is severe in punishment.

[8:14] That is so, so taste it. And indeed, for the disbelievers is the punishment of the Fire.

[8:15] O you who believe, if you encounter the disbelievers advancing, do not turn your backs on them.

[8:16] Anyone who turns his back on them that day, except to carry out a battle plan, or to join some group, has incurred wrath from God, and his refuge is Hell; what a miserable destination!

[8:17] You did not kill them, but it was God who killed them. And you did not throw when you threw, but it was God who threw so that He may test the believers with a good test from Him. Indeed, God is Hearer, Knowledgeable.

[8:18] That is so, for God undermines the schemes of the disbelievers.