يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ زَحْفًا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ ٱلْأَدْبَارَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- O you who have believed, when you meet those who disbelieve advancing [in battle], do not turn to them your backs [in flight].
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- நம்பிக்கை கொண்டவர்களே! நீங்கள் நிராகரிப்போரைப் (போரில்) ஒன்று திரண்டவர்களாக சந்தித்தால் அவர்களுக்கு புறமுதுகு காட்டாதீர்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- අහෝ දේවත්වය විශ්වාස කළවුනි!, දේවත්වය ප්රතික්ෂේප කළවුන්ව නුඹලා කණ්ඩායමක් ලෙසින් මුණ ගැසුණු විට නුඹලා ඔවුනට පසුපස ලා පලා නො යනු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اے ایمان والو! جب تم کافروں سے دو بدو مقابل ہو جاؤ تو ان سے پشت مت پھیرنا۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 信仰する者よ，あなたがたが不信者の進撃に会う時は，決してかれらに背を向けてはならない。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 信道的人们啊！当你们遇著不信道的人向你们进攻的时候，你们不要以背向敌。
Tafsir of 8:15
Fleeing from Battle is prohibited, and its Punishment Allah said, while warning against fleeing from the battlefield and threatening those who do it with the Fire, يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ زَحْفاً (O you who believe! When you meet those who disbelieve, in a battlefield,) when you get near the enemy and march towards them, فَلاَ تُوَلُّوهُمُ الأَدْبَارَ (never turn your backs to them.) do not run away from battle and leave your fellow Muslims behind, وَمَن يُوَلِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ دُبُرَهُ إِلاَّ مُتَحَرِّفاً لِّقِتَالٍ (And whoever turns his back to them on such a day -- unless it be a stratagem of war...) The Ayah says, whoever flees from the enemy by way of planning to pretend that he is afraid of the enemy, so that they follow him and he takes the chance and returns to kill the enemy, then there is no sin on him. This is the explanation of Sa`id bin Jubayr and As-Suddi.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
