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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 8of 75

لِيُحِقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيُبْطِلَ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ﴿٨

Translation (Sahih International)

That He should establish the truth and abolish falsehood, even if the criminals disliked it.

Word-by-word meaning

لِيُحِقَّliyuḥiqqaThat He might justify
ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
وَيُبْطِلَwayub'ṭilaand prove false
ٱلْبَـٰطِلَl-bāṭilathe falsehood
وَلَوْwalaweven if
كَرِهَkarihadisliked (it)
ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūnathe criminals

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Following the Messenger is Better for the BelieversAllah said,كَمَآ أَخْرَجَكَ رَبُّكَ(As your Lord caused you to go out...) After Allah described the believers as fearing their Lord, resolving matters of dispute between themselves and obeying Allah and His Messenger , He then said here, "since you disputed about dividing war spoils and differed with each other about them, Allah took them away from you.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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