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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 60of 75

وَأَعِدُّوا۟ لَهُم مَّا ٱسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن قُوَّةٍۢ وَمِن رِّبَاطِ ٱلْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِهِۦ عَدُوَّ ٱللَّهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْ وَءَاخَرِينَ مِن دُونِهِمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُهُمْ ۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِن شَىْءٍۢ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ﴿٦٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know [but] whom Allah knows. And whatever you spend in the cause of Allah will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.

Word-by-word meaning

وَأَعِدُّوا۟wa-aʿiddūAnd prepare
لَهُمlahumfor them
مَّاwhatever
ٱسْتَطَعْتُمis'taṭaʿtumyou able (to)
مِّنminof
قُوَّةٍۢquwwatinforce
وَمِنwaminand of
رِّبَاطِribāṭitethered
ٱلْخَيْلِl-khaylihorses
تُرْهِبُونَtur'hibūna(to) terrify
بِهِۦbihitherewith
عَدُوَّʿaduwwa(the) enemy
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَعَدُوَّكُمْwaʿaduwwakumand your enemy
وَءَاخَرِينَwaākharīnaand others
مِنminfrom
دُونِهِمْdūnihimbesides them
لَاnot
تَعْلَمُونَهُمُtaʿlamūnahumu(do) you know them
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(but) Allah
يَعْلَمُهُمْ ۚyaʿlamuhumknows them
وَمَاwamāAnd whatever
تُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou spend
مِنminfrom
شَىْءٍۢshayin(any) thing
فِىin
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
يُوَفَّyuwaffait will be fully repaid
إِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you
لَا(will) not
تُظْلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūnabe wronged

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Making Preparations for War to strike Fear in the Hearts of the Enemies of AllahAllah says to His Prophet , in this Ayah,الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ سَبَقُواْ(those who disbelieve think that they can outstrip), Do not think that such disbelievers have escaped Us or that We are unable to grasp them. Rather, they are under the power of Our ability and in the grasp of Our will; they will never escape Us.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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