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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

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يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ قُل لِّمَن فِىٓ أَيْدِيكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَسْرَىٰٓ إِن يَعْلَمِ ٱللَّهُ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ خَيْرًۭا يُؤْتِكُمْ خَيْرًۭا مِّمَّآ أُخِذَ مِنكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ﴿٧٠

Translation (Sahih International)

O Prophet, say to whoever is in your hands of the captives, "If Allah knows [any] good in your hearts, He will give you [something] better than what was taken from you, and He will forgive you; and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyuProphet
قُلqulSay
لِّمَنlimanto whoever
فِىٓ(is) in
أَيْدِيكُمaydīkumyour hands
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْأَسْرَىٰٓl-asrāthe captives
إِنinIf
يَعْلَمِyaʿlamiknows
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
فِىin
قُلُوبِكُمْqulūbikumyour hearts
خَيْرًۭاkhayranany good
يُؤْتِكُمْyu'tikumHe will give you
خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
مِّمَّآmimmāthan what
أُخِذَukhidhawas taken
مِنكُمْminkumfrom you
وَيَغْفِرْwayaghfirand He will forgive
لَكُمْ ۗlakumyou
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
غَفُورٌۭghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Pagan Prisoners at Badr were promised better than what They lost, if They become Righteous in the FutureMuhammad bin Ishaq reported that `Abdullah bin `Abbas said that before the battle of Badr, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,«إِنِّي قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ أُنَاسًا مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَغَيْرِهِمْ قَدْ أُخْرِجُوا كَرْهًا لَا حَاجَةَ لَهُمْ بِقِتَالِنَا فَمَنْ لَقِيَ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ أَيْ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ فَلَا يَقْتُلْهُ، وَمَنْ لَقِيَ أَبَا الْبُخْتَرِي بْنَ هِشَامٍ مُسْتَكرِهًا»(I have c...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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