Quran 8:16

Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 16

Verse 16 of 75 in Surah Al-Anfal (الأنفال), chapter 8 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

وَمَن يُوَلِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ دُبُرَهُۥٓ إِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفًا لِّقِتَالٍ أَوْ مُتَحَيِّزًا إِلَىٰ فِئَةٍ فَقَدْ بَآءَ بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

EnglishSaheeh International
And whoever turns his back to them on such a day, unless swerving [as a strategy] for war or joining [another] company, has certainly returned with anger [upon him] from Allāh, and his refuge is Hell - and wretched is the destination.
TamilJan Trust Foundation
(எதிரிகளை) வெட்டுவதற்காகவோ அல்லது (தம்) கூட்டத்தாருடன் சேர்ந்து கொள்வதற்காகவோயன்றி, அந்நாளில் எவரேனும் தம் புறமுதுகைக் காட்டித் திரும்புவாரானால், நிச்சயமாக அவர் அல்லாஹ்வின் கோபத்திற்கு உள்ளாகி விடுவார் - அவர் தங்குமிடம் நரகமே இன்னும் அது மிகவும் கெட்ட தங்குமிடம்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center
යුද්ධයේ (යුද්ධෝපාය ලෙස) ප්‍රමාද වී පහර දෙන්නකු හා කණ්ඩායමක් වෙත එකතු වන්නෙකු හැර එදින කවරෙකු පසුපස ලා ඔවුන්ගෙන් පලා යන්නේ ද, එවිට සැබැවින් ම ඔහු අල්ලාහ්ගෙන් වූ කෝපය සමඟ හැරී ගියේ ය. තවද ඔහුගේ නවාතැන නිරයයි. තවද එම (නිරය) යොමු කරනු ලබන ස්ථානයෙන් නපුරු විය.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
اور جو شخص ان سے اس موقع پر پشت پھیرے گا مگر ہاں جو لڑائی کے لیے پینترا بدلتا ہو یا جو (اپنی) جماعت کی طرف پناه لینے آتا ہو وه مستثنیٰ ہے ۔ باقی اور جو ایسا کرے گا وه اللہ کے غضب میں آجائے گا اور اس کا ٹھکانہ دوزخ ہوگا وه بہت ہی بری جگہ ہے۔
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
その日かれらに背を向ける者は,作戦上または(味方の)軍に合流するための外,必ずアッラーの怒りを被り,その住まいは地獄である。何と悪い帰り所であることよ。
ChineseMa Jian
除非因为转移阵地,或加入友军,在那日,谁以背向敌,谁要受真主的谴怒,他们的归宿是火狱,那归宿真恶劣。

Tafsir of 8:16

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)

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