Surah Al-Anfal
إِذْ أَنتُم بِٱلْعُدْوَةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُم بِٱلْعُدْوَةِ ٱلْقُصْوَىٰ وَٱلرَّكْبُ أَسْفَلَ مِنكُمْ ۚ وَلَوْ تَوَاعَدتُّمْ لَٱخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْمِيعَـٰدِ ۙ وَلَـٰكِن لِّيَقْضِىَ ٱللَّهُ أَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُولًا لِّيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَنۢ بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيَىٰ مَنْ حَىَّ عَنۢ بَيِّنَةٍ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَسَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
Iż antum bil-‘udwatid-dun-yā wa hum bil-‘udwatil-quṣwā war-rakbu asfala minkum, wa lau tawā‘attum lakhtalaftum fil-mī‘ād(i), wa lākil liyaqḍiyallāhu amran kāna maf‘ūlā(n), liyahlika man halaka ‘am bayyinatiw wa yaḥyā may ḥayya ‘am bayyinah(tin), wa innallāha lasamī‘un ‘alīm(un).
[Remember] when you were on the near side of the valley, and they were on the farther side, and the caravan was lower [in position] than you. If you had made an appointment [to meet], you would have missed the appointment. But [it was] so that Allah might accomplish a matter already destined - that those who perished [through disbelief] would perish upon evidence and those who lived [in faith] would live upon evidence; and indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
📝 Footnotes
315) At that time, the Muslims were on the near side of the valley, closer to Madinah, while the disbelievers were on the farther side of the valley. Meanwhile, the caravan led by Abu Sufyan was down along the coastal plain, approximately 5 miles from Badr.