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

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

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.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

so that He might prove the truth to be true and the false to be false, however hateful this might be to those who were lost in sin.