سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْفَالِ

Surah Al-Anfaal (8) — Ayah 6

The Spoils of War · Medinan · Juz 9 · Page 177

يُجَـٰدِلُونَكَ فِى ٱلْحَقِّ بَعْدَ مَا تَبَيَّنَ كَأَنَّمَا يُسَاقُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْتِ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿6﴾
Disputing with you concerning the truth after it was made manifest, as if they were being driven to death, while they were looking (at it).
يُجَـٰدِلُونَكَ yujādilūnaka They dispute with you
فِى concerning
ٱلْحَقِّ l-ḥaqi the truth
بَعْدَ مَا baʿdamā after what
تَبَيَّنَ tabayyana was made clear
كَأَنَّمَا ka-annamā as if
يُسَاقُونَ yusāqūna they were driven
إِلَى ilā to
ٱلْمَوْتِ l-mawti [the] death
وَهُمْ wahum while they
يَنظُرُونَ yanẓurūna (were) looking

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6. 1 That is, it had become clear that the caravan had escaped and now only the army of Quraysh was in front, with whom battle was inevitable.

6. 2 This expresses the state of some Muslims due to fighting in a state of being ill-equipped.