The Spoils of War — Verse 48

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وَإِذْ wa-idh
And when Noun
زَيَّنَ zayyana
made fair-seeming V
لَهُمُ lahumu
to them Noun
ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan Noun
أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ aʿmālahum
their deeds Noun
وَقَالَ waqāla
and he said V
لَا lā
No (one) Prep
غَالِبَ ghāliba
(can) overcome Noun
لَكُمُ lakumu
[to] you Noun
ٱلْيَوْمَ l-yawma
today Noun
مِنَ mina
from Prep
ٱلنَّاسِ l-nāsi
the people Noun
وَإِنِّى wa-innī
and indeed, I am Prep
جَارٌ jārun
a neighbor Noun
لَّكُمْ lakum
for you Noun
فَلَمَّا falammā
But when Noun
تَرَآءَتِ tarāati
came in sight V
ٱلْفِئَتَانِ l-fi-atāni
the two forces Noun
نَكَصَ nakaṣa
he turned away V
عَلَىٰ ʿalā
on Prep
عَقِبَيْهِ ʿaqibayhi
his heels Noun
وَقَالَ waqāla
and said V
إِنِّى innī
Indeed, I am Prep
بَرِىٓءٌ barīon
free Noun
مِّنكُمْ minkum
of you Prep
إِنِّىٓ innī
Indeed, I Prep
أَرَىٰ arā
see V
مَا mā
what Noun
لَا lā
not Prep
تَرَوْنَ tarawna
you see V
إِنِّىٓ innī
indeed, I Prep
أَخَافُ akhāfu
[I] fear V
ٱللَّهَ l-laha
Allah Noun
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu
And Allah Noun
شَدِيدُ shadīdu
(is) severe Noun
ٱلْعِقَابِ l-ʿiqābi
(in) the penalty Noun

Satan made their foul deeds seem fair to them, and said, ‘No one will conquer you today, for I will be right beside you,’ but when the armies came within sight of one another he turned on his heels, saying, ‘This is where I leave you: I see what you do not, and I fear God- God is severe in His punishment.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَإِذۡ زَیَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّیۡطَـٰنُ أَعۡمَـٰلَهُمۡ وَقَالَ لَا غَالِبَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَإِنِّی جَارࣱ لَّكُمۡۖ فَلَمَّا تَرَاۤءَتِ ٱلۡفِئَتَانِ نَكَصَ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَیۡهِ وَقَالَ إِنِّی بَرِیۤءࣱ مِّنكُمۡ إِنِّیۤ أَرَىٰ مَا لَا تَرَوۡنَ إِنِّیۤ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَۚ وَٱللَّهُ شَدِیدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ۝٤٨

wa-idh zayyana lahumu l-shayṭānu aʿmālahum waqāla lā ghāliba lakumu l-yawma mina l-nāsi wa-innī jārun lakum falammā tarāati l-fi-atāni nakaṣa ʿalā ʿaqibayhi waqāla innī barīon minkum innī arā mā lā tarawna innī akhāfu l-laha wal-lahu shadīdu l-ʿiqāb

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