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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 38of 75

قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَنتَهُوا۟ يُغْفَرْ لَهُم مَّا قَدْ سَلَفَ وَإِن يَعُودُوا۟ فَقَدْ مَضَتْ سُنَّتُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿٣٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Say to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them. But if they return [to hostility] - then the precedent of the former [rebellious] peoples has already taken place.

Word-by-word meaning

قُلqulSay
لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve
إِنinif
يَنتَهُوا۟yantahūthey cease
يُغْفَرْyugh'farwill be forgiven
لَهُمlahumfor them
مَّاwhat
قَدْqad[verily]
سَلَفَsalafa(is) past
وَإِنwa-inBut if
يَعُودُوا۟yaʿūdūthey return
فَقَدْfaqadthen verily
مَضَتْmaḍatpreceded
سُنَّتُsunnatu(the) practice
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Encouraging the Disbelievers to seek Allah's Forgiveness, warning Them against DisbeliefAllah commands His Prophet Muhammad ,قُل لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَنتَهُواْ(Say to those who have disbelieved, if they cease...) the disbelief, defiance and stubbornness they indulge in, and embrace Islam, obedience and repentance.يُغْفَرْ لَهُمْ مَّا قَدْ سَلَفَ(their past will be forgiven.) along with their sins and errors.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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