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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْأَنفَالِ ۖ قُلِ ٱلْأَنفَالُ لِلَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولِ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَصْلِحُوا۟ ذَاتَ بَيْنِكُمْ ۖ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١

Translation (Sahih International)

They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the bounties [of war]. Say, "The [decision concerning] bounties is for Allah and the Messenger." So fear Allah and amend that which is between you and obey Allah and His Messenger, if you should be believers.

Word-by-word meaning

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask you
عَنِʿaniabout
ٱلْأَنفَالِ ۖl-anfālithe spoils of war
قُلِquliSay
ٱلْأَنفَالُl-anfāluThe spoils of war
لِلَّهِlillahi(are) for Allah
وَٱلرَّسُولِ ۖwal-rasūliand the Messenger
فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūSo fear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَأَصْلِحُوا۟wa-aṣliḥūand set right
ذَاتَdhātathat
بَيْنِكُمْ ۖbaynikum(which is) between you
وَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿūand obey
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
وَرَسُولَهُۥٓwarasūlahuand His Messenger
إِنinif
كُنتُمkuntumyou are
مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Al-MadinahThere are seventy-five Ayat in this Surah. The word count of this Surah is one thousand, six hundred and thirty-one words and its letters number five thousand, two hundred and ninety-four.بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulMeaning of AnfalAl-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, "Al-Anfal are the spoils of war.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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