فَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ بِنِعْمَةٍۢ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍۢ لَّمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوٓءٌۭ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ رِضْوَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ
Fanqalaboo bini'matim minal laahi wa fadlil lam yamsashum sooo'unw wattaba'oo ridwaanal laah; wallaahu zoo fadlin 'azeem
So they returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
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So they returned from Badr with grace and bounty from God safely and with profit and no evil touched them from any slaying or wounds; and they followed the beatitude of God by obeying Him and obeying His Messenger when they agreed to set out for the battle; and God is of bounty abounding for those that obey Him.
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Verily the Great and Mighty Allah forgave my people the evil promptings arising in their minds, but they neither talked about them nor acted upon them.
When the delegates of the tribe of Hawazin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) he stood up amongst the people,
Glorified and Praised Allah as He deserved, and said, "Then after: Your brethren have come to you
with repentance and I see it logical to return to them their captives; so whoever amongst you likes to
do that as a favor, then he can do it, and whoever of you like to stick to his share till we give him his
right from the very first Fai (war booty) (1) which Allah will bestow on us, then (he can do so)." The
people replied, "We do that (to return the captives) willingly as a favor for your sake."
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