# Quran 8:16 — Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), Verse 16

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
وَمَن يُوَلِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ دُبُرَهُۥٓ إِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفٗا لِّقِتَالٍ أَوۡ مُتَحَيِّزًا إِلَىٰ فِئَةٖ فَقَدۡ بَآءَ بِغَضَبٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَأۡوَىٰهُ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
وَمَنْ یُّوَلِّهِمْ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ دُبُرَهٗۤ اِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفًا لِّقِتَالٍ اَوْ مُتَحَیِّزًا اِلٰی فِئَةٍ فَقَدْ بَآءَ بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَمَاْوٰىهُ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِیْرُ ۟

## Transliteration
Wa mai yuwallihim yawma'izin duburahooo illaa mutaharrifal liqitaalin aw mutahaiyizan ilaa fi'atin faqad baaa'a bighadabim minal laahi wa ma'waahu Jahannamu wa bi'sal maseer

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> If any do turn his back to them on such a day - unless it be in a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own)- he draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and his abode is Hell,- an evil refuge (indeed)!

**Citation:** Quran, Surah Al-Anfal 8:16 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Topics:** [Who goes to Hell](https://deen.global/quran/topics/life-hereafter/who-goes-to-hell.md)

**Context:** Surah Al-Anfal is a medinan surah with 75 ayahs. Full surah: https://deen.global/quran/surah-al-anfal.md
Previous verse: https://deen.global/quran/8/15.md
Next verse: https://deen.global/quran/8/17.md
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