Al-Anfal

Also known as Surah 8, The Spoils of War

thumb|upright=1.2|Opening page from the juz' 10 of the Qur'an copied by [[Ahmad al-Suhrawardi, with verse 41 of the chapter Al-Anfal. Baghdad, ca. 1305–1307. Museum of the Islamic Era]]

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Al-Anfal is the eighth chapter of the Qur'an, Islam's holy book, which includes verse 41 among its contents. The chapter has been considered significant enough in Islamic tradition to be copied and preserved in illuminated manuscripts, such as this example from early 14th-century Baghdad.

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Key facts

Surah.letters: 5387
Surah.juz: 9—10
Surah.hizb: 15—19
Surah.rukus: 10
Surah.verses: 75
Surah.words: 1242
Surah.number: 8
Surah.name: Al-Anfāl
Surah.name en: The Bounties
Surah.prev_sura: Quran 7
Surah.next_sura: Quran 9
Surah.classification: Madinan
Surah.audio: Chapter 8, Al-Anfal (Murattal) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections

Contents

Summary
Name
Text narratives
Verse 8:12
Verse 8:17
Verses 8:42 and 8:47
Verses 8:75
Appendix
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

thumb|upright=1.2|Opening page from the juz' 10 of the Qur'an copied by [[Ahmad al-Suhrawardi, with verse 41 of the chapter Al-Anfal. Baghdad, ca. 1305–1307. Museum of the Islamic Era]]

thumb|upright=1.2|Double-page from the An-Nasir Faraj|Sultan Barquq's Qur'an with heading for chapter Al-Anfal. [[Rayhani script. Cairo, c. 1370 - 1375. British Library]] Al-Anfal (, ; The Spoils of War, Earnings, Savings, Profits) is the eighth chapter (sūrah) of the Quran, with 75 verses (āyāt). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is a Medinan surah, completed after the Battle of Badr. It forms a pair with the next surah, At-Tawba.

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