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فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَمَىٰ ۚ وَلِيُبْلِىَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَآءً حَسَنًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Text: Tanzil Project,tanzil.net · verbatim and unchanged · previous verse · next verse
Ye (Muslims) slew them not, but Allah slew them. And thou (Muhammad) threwest not when thou didst throw, but Allah threw, that He might test the believers by a fair test from Him. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.— Marmaduke Pickthall
Summary
Verse 17 of Surat al-Anfal, a Medinan surah. Scholars connect its revelation to Battle of Badr. 1 2
Place in the museum
Its place: verse 17 of 75 verses in the surah. The text is kept in the frozen Tanzil mushaf and is not retyped here.
Connections
- Part of
- Sura 8: Al-Anfal
- Revealed about
- The Battle of Badr
Sources
- Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Tanzil Project, public-domain translations
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Qur'an 8:17”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/quran-8-17/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.