كُتِبَkutibaIs prescribedعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuupon youالْقِتَالُl-qitālu[the] fightingوَهُوَwahuwawhile itكُرْهٌkur'hun(is) hatefulلَكُمْۚlakumto youوَعَسٰٓىwaʿasāBut perhapsاَنْan[that]تَكْرَهُواtakrahūyou dislikeشَيْـٔاًshayana thingوَهُوَwahuwaand itخَيْرٌkhayrun(is) goodلَكُمْۚlakumfor youوَعَسٰٓىwaʿasāand perhapsاَنْan[that]تُحِبُّواtuḥibbūyou loveشَيْـٔاًshayana thingوَهُوَwahuwaand itشَرٌّsharrun(is) badلَكُمْۜlakumfor youوَاللّٰهُwal-lahuAnd Allahيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknowsوَاَنْتُمْwa-antumwhile youلَاlā(do) notتَعْلَمُونَ۟taʿlamūnaknowWarfare has been decreed for you while you hate it; and perhaps you may hate something while it is good for you, and perhaps you may love something while it is bad for you; God knows while you do not know.