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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 18of 75

ذَٰلِكُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُوهِنُ كَيْدِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ﴿١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

That [is so], and [also] that Allah will weaken the plot of the disbelievers.

Word-by-word meaning

ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat (is the case)
وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah (is)
مُوهِنُmūhinuone who makes weak
كَيْدِkaydi(the) plan
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers

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

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