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Surah Al-Anfal, ayah 17

The Spoils of War · Medinan · 75 ayahs

8:17

فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَتَلَهُمْࣕ وَمَا رَمَیْتَ اِذْ رَمَیْتَ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ رَمٰىۚ وَلِیُبْلِیَ الْمُؤْمِنٖینَ مِنْهُ بَلَٓاءً حَسَنًاؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَمٖیعٌ عَلٖیمٌ

Falam taqtuloohum walakinna Allaha qatalahum wama ramayta ith ramayta walakinna Allaha rama waliyubliya almumineena minhu balaan hasanan inna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleemun

Translations

And you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing

Saheeh International

Ye (Muslims) slew them not, but Allah slew them. And thou (Muhammad) threwest not when thou didst throw, but Allah threw, that He might test the believers by a fair test from Him. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower

Marmaduke Pickthall