QURAN CHAPTER - 8
Al-Anfal - The Spoils of War
Revealed - Medinan
Ruku - 10
Ayat - 75
Theme - This Surah enunciates general principles of war (one aspect of Jihad) and peace while reviewing the Battle of Badr and uses them for the moral training of the Muslims.
- The Battle of Badr (2 Al-Hijri)
- The Battle of Badr was ordained by Allah so that Islam should triumph over "ignorance". The lesson from this is that the Muslims should trust in God and prepare themselves for war and should not be beguiled by Satan as the disbelievers were.
- Doctrine of sacrifice through action
- After embracing Islam, muslims should realize that their faith would demand the sacrifice of their lives and properties.
- Spoils of War
- The Quran says that these are not the spoils of war but the "Bounties of Allah" and proves this by showing that the victory at Badr (and in all other battles, too,) was won by His succour and not by the efforts of the Muslims.
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