Surah Al-Anfal Ayah 16

Al-Anfal · Ayah 16 · Juz 9 · Page 178

وَمَن يُوَلِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ دُبُرَهُۥٓ إِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفٗا لِّقِتَالٍ أَوۡ مُتَحَيِّزًا إِلَىٰ فِئَةٖ فَقَدۡ بَآءَ بِغَضَبٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَأۡوَىٰهُ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ١٦

Wa may yuwallihim yawmaʾidhin duburahū illā mutaḥarrifal liqitālin aw mutaḥayyizan ilā fiʾatin faqad bāʾa bighaḍabim minallāhi wa maʾwāhu jahannam, wa biʾsal-maṣīr.

And whoever turns his back to them on such a day, unless swerving [as a strategy] for war or joining [another] company, has certainly returned with anger [upon him] from Allāh, and his refuge is Hell - and wretched is the destination.

Translation: Sahih International

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  • وَمَنAnd whoever
  • يُوَلِّهِمۡturns to them
  • يَوۡمَئِذٖthat day
  • دُبُرَهُۥٓhis back
  • إِلَّاexcept
  • مُتَحَرِّفٗا(as) a strategy
  • لِّقِتَالٍof war
  • أَوۡor
  • مُتَحَيِّزًا(to) join
  • إِلَىٰto
  • فِئَةٖa group
  • فَقَدۡcertainly
  • بَآءَ(he has) incurred
  • بِغَضَبٖwrath
  • مِّنَof
  • ٱللَّهِAllah
  • وَمَأۡوَىٰهُand his abode
  • جَهَنَّمُۖ(is) Hell
  • وَبِئۡسَa wretched
  • ٱلۡمَصِيرُdestination

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Juz
9
Page
178
Hizb
18