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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 28of 75

وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَآ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَأَوْلَٰدُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌۭ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥٓ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌۭ﴿٢٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And know that your properties and your children are but a trial and that Allah has with Him a great reward.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūAnd know
أَنَّمَآannamāthat
أَمْوَٰلُكُمْamwālukumyour wealth
وَأَوْلَـٰدُكُمْwa-awlādukumand your children
فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natun(are) a trial
وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd that
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عِندَهُۥٓʿindahuwith Him
أَجْرٌajrun(is) a reward
عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Reason behind revealing This Ayah, and the prohibition of BetrayalThe Two Sahihs mention the story of Hatib bin Abi Balta`ah. In the year of the victory of Makkah he wrote to the Quraysh alerting them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to march towards them. Allah informed His Messenger of this, and he sent a Companion to retrieve the letter that Hatib sent, and then he summoned him. He admitted to what he did.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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