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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 25of 75

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ فِتْنَةًۭ لَّا تُصِيبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنكُمْ خَآصَّةًۭ ۖ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ﴿٢٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And fear a trial which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively, and know that Allah is severe in penalty.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear
فِتْنَةًۭfit'natana trial
لَّاnot
تُصِيبَنَّtuṣībannawhich will afflict
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūdo wrong
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
خَآصَّةًۭ ۖkhāṣṣatanexclusively
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūAnd know
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
شَدِيدُshadīdu(is) severe
ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi(in) the penalty

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Warning against an encompassing FitnahAllah warns His believing servants of a Fitnah, trial and test, that encompasses the wicked and those around them. Therefore, such Fitnah will not be restricted to the sinners and evildoers. Rather, it will reach the others if the sins are not stopped and prevented.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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