Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And He it is that restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them, in a belly of destruction after He made you victorious over them; and God is, of what you do, seeing.

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي كَفَّ اَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ وَاَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ بَعْدِ اَنْ اَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يراً
Wahuwa allathee kaffa aydiyahumAAankum waaydiyakum AAanhum bibatni makkata min baAAdi anathfarakum AAalayhim wakana Allahubima taAAmaloona baseera
#wordmeaningroot
1wahuwaAnd He
2alladhī(is) the One Who
3kaffawithheldكفف
4aydiyahumtheir handsيدي
5ʿankumfrom you
6wa-aydiyakumand your handsيدي
7ʿanhumfrom them
8bibaṭniwithinبطن
9makkataMakkah
10minafter
11baʿdiafterبعد
12anthat
13aẓfarakumHe gave you victoryظفر
14ʿalayhimover them
15wakānaAnd isكون
16l-lahuAllah
17bimāof what
18taʿmalūnayou doعمل
19baṣīranAll-Seerبصر
  • Aisha Bewley

    It is He who held their hands back from you, and your hands from them in the valley of Makka, after giving you the upper hand over them. Allah sees what you do.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And He is the One who withheld their hands against you, and your hands against them in the interior of Mecca, after He had made you victorious over them. God is Seer of what you do.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And He it is Who has withheld their hands against you, and your hands against them in the Valley of Makkah after He has given you victory over them. And Allah was indeed Watcher over all your actions.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And He it is that restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them, in a belly of destruction after He made you victorious over them; and God is, of what you do, seeing.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And He is the One who withheld their hands against you, and your hands against them in the interior of Mecca, after He had made you victorious over them. God is Seer of what you do.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    He is the One who withheld their hands against you, and your hands against them in the interior of Mecca, after He had made you victorious over them. God is Seer of what you do.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    He is the One who withheld their hands of aggression against you, and withheld your hands of aggression against them in the valley of Mecca, after He had granted you victory over them. GOD is Seer of everything you do.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    It was He who restrained their hands from you in the heart of Makkah, and your hands from them, after He had given you victory over them, as God sees all that you do.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    And it is He who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them within Makkah after He caused you to overcome them. And ever is Allah of what you do, Seeing.

  • Muhammad Asad

    And He it is who, in the valley of Mecca, stayed their hands from you, and your hands from them, after He had enabled you to vanquish them; and God saw indeed what you were doing.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And He it is Who hath withheld men's hands from you, and hath withheld your hands from them, in the valley of Mecca, after He had made you victors over them. Allah is Seer of what ye do.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    He it is Who restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them in the valley of Makkah, even though He had made you victorious against them. Allah was watching all that you did.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    It was He who held back the hands of your enemy as well as your hands from a hostile course of action against each other (at Hodaibyiah) in the precincts of Macca, after He had helped you win the victory over them. Allah has always had sight of what you do.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    It is God Who prevented the fight in the valley of Mecca after He had given the victory and God was observing your behavior .

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And He it is Who has withheld their hands from you and your hands from them in the midst of Makkah, after He had made you victors over them. And Allâh is Ever the All-Seer of what you do.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And it is He Who has restrained their hands from you and your hands from them in the midst of Makka, after that He gave you the victory over them. And Allah sees well all that ye do.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    He is the One Who held back their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of ˹Ḥudaibiyah, near˺ Mecca, after giving you the upper hand over ˹a group of˺ them. And Allah is All-Seeing of what you do.

  • Taqi Usmani

    And He is the One who restrained their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of Makkah after He had let you prevail over them, and Allah is watchful over what you do.

  • Abdul Haleem

    In the valley of Mecca it was He who held their hands back from you and your hands back from them after He gave you the advantage over them––God sees all that you do.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    It is He who restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the hollow of Mecca, after that He made you victors over them. God sees the things you do.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    He it was who restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them in the mid-valley of Mecca after He had given you the victory over them; for God on what ye do doth look!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And He it is Who held back their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of Mecca after He had given you victory over them; and Allah is Seeing what you do.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And He is (The One) Who restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the hollow (Literally: the belly, i. e., the midst of makkah) of Makkah, even after He had made you to win over them; and Allah has been Ever-Beholding whatever you do.

  • George Sale

    It was He who restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the valley of Mecca; after that He had given you the victory over them: And God saw that which ye did.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And it is He Who has blocked their hands from you and your hands from them in the middle of Makkah, after that He gave you the Victory over them. And Allah sees well all that you do.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    It is He Who restrained their hands from you and your hands from them in the Valley of Makkah (on the occasion of the Treaty of Hudaibiyah) after He had given you victory over them. Allâh observes all that you do.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    It is He who withheld their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the valley of Makkah, after He had given you victory over them, and Allah sees best what you do.