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Podcast: Holy Quran
Episode: Al-Anfal ูฑููุฃูููููุงู
Description: The Spoils [1] (Arabic: ูฑููุฃูููููุงูโ, al-สพanfฤl, aka "Earnings, Savings, Profits")[2] is the eighth chapter (sลซrah) of the Quran, with 75 verses. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (Asbฤb al-nuzลซl), 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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The Surah is named Al-Anfal (The Bounties) from the 1st ayat. The word utilized in the ayat is ุงููุฃููููุงูู. The word ููู alludes to what is given as an extra sum past what is required.[4] A very subtle perspective is covered in employing this word: the reward of undertaking jihad for God is...