Surah Al-Anfal — Verse 8
The Spoils of War · 8:8 · 8/75
لِيُحِقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيُبْطِلَ ٱلْبَـٰطِلَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
Liyuhiqqa alhaqqa wayubtilaalbatila walaw kariha almujrimoon
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
That He should establish the truth and abolish falsehood, even if the criminals disliked it.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
to prove the Truth to be true, and the false to be false, much as the guilty might dislike it.
Marmaduke Pickthall
That He might cause the Truth to triumph and bring vanity to naught, however much the guilty might oppose;
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
That He might justify Truth and prove Falsehood false, distasteful though it be to those in guilt.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
so that He proves the truth to be true and the falsehood to be false, even though the sinners might dislike it.
Al-Hilali & Khan
That He might cause the truth to triumph and bring falsehood to nothing, even though the Mujrimûn (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals) hate it.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
that He might prove the truth to be true and the false to be false, however averse the evil-doers might be to it.