يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ زَحْفًۭا فَلَا تُوَلُّوهُمُ ٱلْأَدْبَارَ
O you who have believed, when you meet those who disbelieve advancing [for battle], do not turn to them your backs [in flight].
Translation · Saheeh International
Ibn Kathīr (abridged)
Fleeing from Battle is prohibited, and its Punishment
Allah said, while warning against fleeing from the battlefield and threatening those who do it with the Fire,
يَـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ زَحْفاً
(O you who believe! When you meet those who disbelieve, in a battlefield,) when you get near the enemy and march towards them,
فَلاَ تُوَلُّوهُمُ الأَدْبَارَ
(never turn your backs to them.) do not run away from battle and leave your fellow Muslims behind,
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