كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌۭ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكْرَهُوا۟ شَيْـًۭٔا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تُحِبُّوا۟ شَيْـًۭٔا وَهُوَ شَرٌّۭ لَّكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
How to read it
Kutiba ʻalay'kumu l-qitālu wahuwa kur'hun llakum' . waʻassā 'an tak'rahū shay''an wahuwa khay'run llakum' . waʻassā 'an tuḥibbū shay''an wahuwa sharrun llakum' . wa-llahu yaʻ'lamu wa'antum' lā taʻ'lamūna
Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

