Skip to content
MyDeenTools

Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 17of 75

فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَمَىٰ ۚ وَلِيُبْلِىَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَآءً حَسَنًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ﴿١٧

Translation (Sahih International)

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.

Word-by-word meaning

فَلَمْfalamAnd not
تَقْتُلُوهُمْtaqtulūhumyou kill them
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
قَتَلَهُمْ ۚqatalahumkilled them
وَمَاwamāAnd not
رَمَيْتَramaytayou threw
إِذْidhwhen
رَمَيْتَramaytayou threw
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
رَمَىٰ ۚramāthrew
وَلِيُبْلِىَwaliyub'liyaand that He may test
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
مِنْهُmin'hufrom Him
بَلَآءًbalāan(with) a trial
حَسَنًا ۚḥasanangood
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knowing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah's Signs displayed during Badr, And throwing Sand in the Eyes of the DisbelieversAllah states that He creates the actions that the servants perform and that whatever good actions they take, it is He Who should be praised for them, for He directed and helped them perform these actions. Allah said, فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَـكِنَّ اللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ(You killed them not, but Allah killed them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

Share this verse with others

WhatsAppX

These tools are free because of generous Muslims.

$10/month keeps this platform free for 50,000 people. Every visit earns you reward — Sadaqah Jariyah.

Support this project