Surah Al-Anfal · Ayah 42

Meaning of Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 42

Ith antum bilAAudwati addunyawahum bilAAudwati alquswa warrakbuasfala minkum walaw tawaAAadtum lakhtalaftum feealmeeAAadi walakin liyaqdiya Allahuamran kana mafAAoolan liyahlika man halaka AAan bayyinatinwayahya man hayya AAan bayyinatin wa-innaAllaha lasameeAAun AAaleem

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1. إِذْidhWhen
2. أَنتُمantumyou (were)
3. بِٱلْعُدْوَةِbil-ʿud'wation side of the valley
4. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe nearer
5. وَهُمwahumand they
6. بِٱلْعُدْوَةِbil-ʿud'wati(were) on the side
7. ٱلْقُصْوَىٰl-quṣ'wāthe farther
8. وَٱلرَّكْبُwal-rakbuand the caravan
9. أَسْفَلَasfala(was) lower
10. مِنكُمْ ۚminkumthan you
11. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
12. تَوَاعَدتُّمْtawāʿadttumyou (had) made an appointment
13. لَٱخْتَلَفْتُمْla-ikh'talaftumcertainly you would have failed
14. فِىfīin
15. ٱلْمِيعَـٰدِ ۙl-mīʿādithe appointment
16. وَلَـٰكِنwalākinBut
17. لِّيَقْضِىَliyaqḍiyathat might accomplish
18. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
19. أَمْرًۭاamrana matter
20. كَانَkāna(that) was
21. مَفْعُولًۭاmafʿūlandestined
22. لِّيَهْلِكَliyahlikathat (might be) destroyed
23. مَنْman(those) who
24. هَلَكَhalaka(were to be) destroyed
25. عَنۢʿanon
26. بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatina clear evidence
27. وَيَحْيَىٰwayaḥyāand (might) live
28. مَنْman(those) who
29. حَىَّḥayya(were to) live
30. عَنۢʿanon
31. بَيِّنَةٍۢ ۗbayyinatina clear evidence
32. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
33. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
34. لَسَمِيعٌlasamīʿun(is) All-Hearing
35. عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knowing