8: Surah Al-Anfaal - Part 17
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إِذْ
idh
When
أَنتُم
antum
you (were)
بِٱلْعُدْوَةِ
bil-ʿud'wati
on side of the valley
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
the nearer
وَهُم
wahum
and they
بِٱلْعُدْوَةِ
bil-ʿud'wati
(were) on the side
ٱلْقُصْوَىٰ
l-quṣ'wā
the farther
وَٱلرَّكْبُ
wal-rakbu
and the caravan
أَسْفَلَ
asfala
(was) lower
مِنكُمْ ۚ
minkum
than you
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
تَوَاعَدتُّمْ
tawāʿadttum
you (had) made an appointment
لَٱخْتَلَفْتُمْ
la-ikh'talaftum
certainly you would have failed
فِى
in
ٱلْمِيعَـٰدِ ۙ
l-mīʿādi
the appointment
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
But
لِّيَقْضِىَ
liyaqḍiya
that might accomplish
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
أَمْرًۭا
amran
a matter
كَانَ
kāna
(that) was
مَفْعُولًۭا
mafʿūlan
destined
لِّيَهْلِكَ
liyahlika
that (might be) destroyed
مَنْ
man
(those) who
هَلَكَ
halaka
(were to be) destroyed
عَنۢ
ʿan
on
بَيِّنَةٍۢ
bayyinatin
a clear evidence
وَيَحْيَىٰ
wayaḥyā
and (might) live
مَنْ
man
(those) who
حَىَّ
ḥayya
(were to) live
عَنۢ
ʿan
on
بَيِّنَةٍۢ ۗ
bayyinatin
a clear evidence
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَسَمِيعٌ
lasamīʿun
(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٌ
ʿalīmun
All-Knowing
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