Surah Al-Anfaal · Ayah 17·Madanī

17

فَلَمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ وَمَا إِذْ وَلَٰكِنَّ مِنْهُ إِنَّ ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

خدا تیر انداخت

در روایات نقل شده است که در جنگ بدر پیامبر(ص) به علی(ع) فرمود: «مشتی ریگ و سنگ‌ریزه به من بده.» امام علی(ع) نیز چنین کرد. پیامبر(ص) آنها را به طرف مشرکان قریش پاشید و -به خواست خدا -چشمان تمامی مشرکان از آن ریگ‌ها پر شد. در روایات نیز تصریح شده که این عمل معجزه‌آساء در پیروزی مسلمانان نقش موّئری داشت. به هر حال, خداوند در این یه به مسلمانان و پیامبر(ص) یادآوری می‌کند که واقعةٌ بدر و شکست مشرکان تا دندان مسلح به دست مسلمانانی که از نظر نیروی انسانی و تجهیزات و سلاح در اقلیت بودندء امری عادی و معمولی نبود؛ ولی خدا با نازل کردن فرشتگان» دل‌های موّمنان را محکم کرد و در دل‌های کافران ترس و وحشت انداخت و با مشتی خاک به پیروزی مسلمانان کمک شایانی کرد تا مسلمانان بتوانند مشرکان رابه قتل برسانند و از آنها اسیر و غنیمت بگیرند. پس اگر چه در ظاهرء مسلمانان» مشرکان را کشتند و پیامبر(ص) مشتی خاک به سمت مشرکان پرت کردء این پیروزی کار خدا بود و مناسب‌تر است که به خدا نسبت داده شود.!

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 8 roots in 14 of 21 words

Rarest here: ر-م-ي 9× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 30 points across 8 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Qalqalah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Ghunnah3
  • Lām shamsiyyah4
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Iẓhār4
  • Heavy Allāh3

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

21 words · 86 letters · 3 proper nouns · āyah 17 of 75

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ لَهَمَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُضِلُّوكَ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَضُرُّونَكَ مِن شَىْءٍ وَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَعَلَّمَكَ مَا لَمْ تَكُن تَعْلَمُ وَكَانَ فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ عَظِيمًا

    And if it was not for the favor of Allah upon you, [O Muhammad], and His mercy, a group of them would have determined to mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves…

  • يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَآءَتْكُمْ جُنُودٌ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا وَجُنُودًا لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا

    O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allah upon you when armies came to [attack] you and We sent upon them a wind and armies [of angels] you did not see. And ever is…

  • وَإِذْ يُرِيكُمُوهُمْ إِذِ ٱلْتَقَيْتُمْ فِىٓ أَعْيُنِكُمْ قَلِيلًا وَيُقَلِّلُكُمْ فِىٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ لِيَقْضِىَ ٱللَّهُ أَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُولًا وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

    And [remember] when He showed them to you, when you met, as few in your eyes, and He made you [appear] as few in their eyes so that Allah might accomplish a matter already…

  • وَإِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْسًا فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْ فِيهَا وَٱللَّهُ مُخْرِجٌ مَّا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ

    And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed over it, but Allah was to bring out that which you were concealing.

  • وَإِذْ قَالُوا۟ ٱللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَٰذَا هُوَ ٱلْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَوِ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    And [remember] when they said, "O Allah, if this should be the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring us a painful punishment."

  • ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَآ أَلَّا نُؤْمِنَ لِرَسُولٍ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَنَا بِقُرْبَانٍ تَأْكُلُهُ ٱلنَّارُ قُلْ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِى بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَبِٱلَّذِى قُلْتُمْ فَلِمَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    [They are] those who said, "Indeed, Allah has taken our promise not to believe any messenger until he brings us an offering which fire [from heaven] will consume." Say, "There…

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Baqara 2:2444 shared roots

    وَقَٰتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    ق-ت-لس-م-عع-ل-مأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2202 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    س-م-عع-ل-م

  • Al-Kahf 18:72 shared roots

    إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا

    ب-ل-وح-س-ن

  • Yaseen 36:252 shared roots

    إِنِّىٓ ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَٱسْمَعُونِ

    س-م-عأ-م-ن

  • An-Noor 24:62 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ شُهَدَآءُ إِلَّآ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَشَهَٰدَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    ر-م-يأ-ل-ه

  • An-Noor 24:232 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ ٱلْغَٰفِلَٰتِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ لُعِنُوا۟ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    ر-م-يأ-م-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 8:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 8:17 include Quran 4:113 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 33:9 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 8:44 (Surah Al-Anfaal), and Quran 2:72 (Surah Al-Baqara). For example, 4:113 reads: “And if it was not for the favor of Allah upon you, [O Muhammad], and His mercy, a group of them would have determined to mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 8:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 8:17 (Surah Al-Anfaal, The Spoils of War) reads: “And you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.”

Which surah is verse 8:17 in?

Quran 8:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Al-Anfaal (The Spoils of War), chapter 8 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 75 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 8:17?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 8:17 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 8:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 8:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.