The Spoils of War 8:15

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Arabic English Morphology
O you Noun
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
who Noun
believe V
إِذَا idhā
When Noun
لَقِيتُمُ laqītumu
you meet V
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
those who Noun
disbelieve V
زَحْفًا zaḥfan
advancing Noun
فَلَا falā
then (do) not Prep
turn to them V
the backs Noun

Believers, when you meet the disbelievers in battle, never turn your backs on them

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوۤا۟ إِذَا لَقِیتُمُ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ زَحۡفࣰا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ ٱلۡأَدۡبَارَ ۝١٥

yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū idhā laqītumu alladhīna kafarū zaḥfan falā tuwallūhumu l-adbār