Surah Al-Anfaal · Ayah 7·Madanī

7

وَإِذْ أَنَّهَا لَكُمْ أَنَّ ذَاتِ لَكُمْ أَن ﴿٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Remember, O believers], when Allah promised you one of the two groups - that it would be yours - and you wished that the unarmed one would be yours. But Allah intended to establish the truth by His words and to eliminate the disbelievers

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

مقدمات جنگ بدر

مدتی پس از هجرت پیامبر(ص) به مدینه» مسلمانان باخبر شدند که کاروان تجاری قریش به ریاست ابوسفیان از شام به سوی مکه باز می‌گردد. پیامبر(ص) به اصحابش دستور داد که برای تلافی آزارهایی که مشرکان به مسلمانان رسانده بودندءبه طرف آن کاروان بشتابند و اموال آن را مصادره کنند. ابوسفیان از طریق یکی از دوستان خود در مدینه خبردار شد و قاصدی به سوی مکه فرستاد و تقاضای کمک کرد. چون بسیاری از مردم مکه در این کاروان سهمی داشتند» به سرعت بسیج شدند و حدود ۹۵۰ نفر مرد جنگی که جمعی از آنها بزرگان و سرشناسان مکه بودند. با ۷۰۰ شتر و ۱۰۰رأس اسب به فرماندهی ابوچهل حرکت کردند. از سوی دیگرء ابوسفیان برای این‌که خود را از تعرض مسلمانان مصون بدارده مسیر خود را تغییر داد و به سرعت به سوی مکه حرکت کرد. پیامبر اسلام(ص) با ۳۱۳ نفر شامل تمامی مسلمانان مبارز آن روزهاء به نزدیکی سرزمین بدر دربین راه مکه و مدینه رسیده بود که خبر حرکت سپاه قریش به او رسید. این آیه» وضعیت مسلمانان را در آن شرایط شرح می‌دهد. ۱- نمونه ج۷ء ص ۷۷ ۲- المیزان» چ۸۹, ص ۷ ۳ نمونه ج۷ ص ۸۱ ۴ پیشین» ص ۸۳ ۵- پیشین» ص ‎٩۳‏ ۳ المیزان» ج۸ ص ۷ ٥- بیشین، ص ٩. > **پانوشت صفحه (منابع):** > ۳ نمونه» ۷ ص‌ ۸۱ > **Cited sources** (grade before any load-bearing use): Tafsīr Nemūneh, al-Mīzān.

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 · 14 roots in 16 of 23 words

Rarest here: ش-و-ك used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 28 points across 8 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah6
  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Ghunnah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy Allāh2

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

23 words · 99 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 7 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.

  • وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥٓ إِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُم بِإِذْنِهِۦ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَٰزَعْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَرَىٰكُم مَّا تُحِبُّونَ مِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا عَنكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    And Allah had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing the enemy by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order…

  • وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ لَوْ يُطِيعُكُمْ فِى كَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْإِيمَٰنَ وَزَيَّنَهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْكُفْرَ وَٱلْفُسُوقَ وَٱلْعِصْيَانَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلرَّٰشِدُونَ

    And know that among you is the Messenger of Allah. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty, but Allah has endeared to you the faith and has made…

  • وَمَآ أَصَٰبَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    And what struck you on the day the two armies met was by permission of Allah that He might make evident the [true] believers.

  • يُنَادُونَهُمْ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنتُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ وَٱرْتَبْتُمْ وَغَرَّتْكُمُ ٱلْأَمَانِىُّ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَغَرَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ

    The hypocrites will call to the believers, "Were we not with you?" They will say, "Yes, but you afflicted yourselves and awaited [misfortune for us] and doubted, and wishful…

  • إِذْ هَمَّت طَّآئِفَتَانِ مِنكُمْ أَن تَفْشَلَا وَٱللَّهُ وَلِيُّهُمَا وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

    When two parties among you were about to lose courage, but Allah was their ally; and upon Allah the believers should rely.

  • ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّهُۥٓ إِذَا دُعِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُۥ كَفَرْتُمْ وَإِن يُشْرَكْ بِهِۦ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَٱلْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْعَلِىِّ ٱلْكَبِيرِ

    [They will be told], "That is because, when Allah was called upon alone, you disbelieved; but if others were associated with Him, you believed. So the judgement is with Allah, the…

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-An'aam 6:453 shared roots

    فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ق-ط-عد-ب-رأ-ل-ه

  • Al-A'raaf 7:723 shared roots

    فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

    ق-ط-عد-ب-رك-و-ن

  • Al-Hijr 15:23 shared roots

    رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ

    و-د-دك-ف-رك-و-ن

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:692 shared roots

    وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    و-د-دط-و-ف

  • Al-Hijr 15:662 shared roots

    وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ

    ق-ط-عد-ب-ر

  • Yunus 10:962 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ك-ل-مح-ق-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 8:7?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 8:7 include Quran 3:152 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 49:7 (Surah Al-Hujuraat), Quran 3:166 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), and Quran 57:14 (Surah Al-Hadid). For example, 3:152 reads: “And Allah had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing the enemy by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order…” 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 8:7 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 8:7 (Surah Al-Anfaal, The Spoils of War) reads: “[Remember, O believers], when Allah promised you one of the two groups - that it would be yours - and you wished that the unarmed one would be yours. But Allah intended to establish the truth by His words and to eliminate the disbelievers”

Which surah is verse 8:7 in?

Quran 8:7 is āyah 7 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 8:7?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 8:7 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 8:7?

Tartīl presents Quran 8:7 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.