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Al-Anfal 8:17

فَلَمۡ تَقۡتُلُوهُمۡ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمۡۚ وَمَا رَمَيۡتَ إِذۡ رَمَيۡتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَمَىٰ وَلِيُبۡلِيَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ مِنۡهُ بَلَآءً حَسَنًاۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ

It was not you ˹believers˺ who killed them, but it was Allah Who did so. Nor was it you ˹O Prophet˺ who threw ˹a handful of sand at the disbelievers˺, but it was Allah Who did so, rendering the believers a great favour. Surely Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Word by word

فَلَمۡ
falam
And not
Vocabulary
تَقۡتُلُوهُمۡ
taqtulūhum
you kill them
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
وَلَٰكِنَّ
walākinna
but
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
قَتَلَهُمۡۚ
qatalahum
killed them
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
وَمَا
wamā
And not
Vocabulary
رَمَيۡتَ
ramayta
you threw
Vocabulary
Root: رمي
إِذۡ
idh
when
Vocabulary
رَمَيۡتَ
ramayta
you threw
Vocabulary
Root: رمي
وَلَٰكِنَّ
walākinna
but
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
رَمَىٰ
ramā
threw
Vocabulary
Root: رمي
وَلِيُبۡلِيَ
waliyub'liya
and that He may test
Vocabulary
Root: بلو
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
the believers
Vocabulary
Root: امن
مِنۡهُ
min'hu
from Him
Vocabulary
بَلَآءً
balāan
(with) a trial
Vocabulary
Root: بلو
حَسَنًاۚ
ḥasanan
good
Vocabulary
Root: حسن
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
سَمِيعٌ
samīʿun
(is) All-Hearing
Vocabulary
Root: سمع
عَلِيمٞ
ʿalīmun
All-Knowing
Vocabulary
Root: علم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.