Surah Al-Anfal Ayah 12

Al-Anfal · Ayah 12 · Juz 9 · Page 178

إِذۡ يُوحِي رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ أَنِّي مَعَكُمۡ فَثَبِّتُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْۚ سَأُلۡقِي فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلرُّعۡبَ فَٱضۡرِبُواْ فَوۡقَ ٱلۡأَعۡنَاقِ وَٱضۡرِبُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ كُلَّ بَنَانٖ ١٢

Idh yūḥī rabbuka ilal-malāʾikati annī maʿakum fathabbitul-ladhīna āmanū, saʾulqī fī qulūbil-ladhīna kafarur-ruʿba faḍribū fawqal-aʿnāqi waḍribū minhum kulla banān.

[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip."1

Translation: Sahih International

Footnotes (1)
  1. By which they grasp and manipulate their weapons. Also interpreted as "all extremities," i.e., their hands and feet.

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Word by word23 words

  • إِذۡWhen
  • يُوحِيinspired
  • رَبُّكَyour Lord
  • إِلَىto
  • ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِthe Angels
  • أَنِّيI am
  • مَعَكُمۡwith you
  • فَثَبِّتُواْso strengthen
  • ٱلَّذِينَthose who
  • ءَامَنُواْۚbelieved
  • سَأُلۡقِيI will cast
  • فِيin
  • قُلُوبِ(the) hearts
  • ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those who
  • كَفَرُواْdisbelieved
  • ٱلرُّعۡبَthe terror
  • فَٱضۡرِبُواْso strike
  • فَوۡقَabove
  • ٱلۡأَعۡنَاقِthe necks
  • وَٱضۡرِبُواْand strike
  • مِنۡهُمۡfrom them
  • كُلَّevery
  • بَنَانٖfingertip[s]

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Al-Anfalالأنفال

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Juz
9
Page
178
Hizb
18