Surah Al-Anfal 8:18 — translation and meaning

الأنفال · Verse 18 / 75 · Page 179

ذَلِكُمْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ مُوهِنُ كَيْدِ الْكَافِرِينَ

Word by Word

ذَلِكُمْ
dhalikum
That (is the case)
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
اللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah (is)
مُوهِنُ
muhinu
one who makes weak
كَيْدِ
kaydi
(the) plan
الْكَافِرِينَ
al-kafirina
(of) the disbelievers

Transliteration

Zaalikum wa annal laaha moohinu kaidil kaafireen

Translation

That [is so], and [also] that Allah will weaken the plot of the disbelievers.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The killing of the idolaters, your throwing, so that they were defeated, as well as Allah’s kindness to the believers giving them victory over their enemy, was all from Allah. Allah makes weak the plans of those who disbelieve and who plot against Islam.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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