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فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوْهُمْ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَتَلَهُمْۖ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ اِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ رَمٰىۚ وَلِيُبْلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ مِنْهُ بَلَاۤءً حَسَنًاۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَمِيْعٌ عَلِيْمٌ  ( الأنفال: ١٧ )

falam
فَلَمْ
And not
taqtulūhum
تَقْتُلُوهُمْ
you kill them
walākinna
وَلَٰكِنَّ
but
l-laha
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
qatalahum
قَتَلَهُمْۚ
killed them
wamā
وَمَا
And not
ramayta
رَمَيْتَ
you threw
idh
إِذْ
when
ramayta
رَمَيْتَ
you threw
walākinna
وَلَٰكِنَّ
but
l-laha
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
ramā
رَمَىٰۚ
threw
waliyub'liya
وَلِيُبْلِىَ
and that He may test
l-mu'minīna
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
the believers
min'hu
مِنْهُ
from Him
balāan
بَلَآءً
(with) a trial
ḥasanan
حَسَنًاۚ
good
inna
إِنَّ
Indeed
l-laha
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
samīʿun
سَمِيعٌ
(is) All-Hearing
ʿalīmun
عَلِيمٌ
All-Knowing

Falam taqtuloohum wa laakinnal laaha qatalahum; wa maa ramaita iz ramaita wa laakinnal laaha ramaa; wa liyubliyal mu'mineena minhu balaaa'an hasanaa; innal laaha Samee'un Aleem (al-ʾAnfāl 8:17)

Sahih International:

And you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing. (Al-Anfal [8] : 17)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

So, it is not you who killed them, but in fact Allah killed them. And you did not throw when you threw but Allah did throw, so that He might bless the believers with a good favour. Surely, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.