Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — al-Anfal 8:1

Which was revealed in Al-Madinah There are seventy-five Ayat in this Surah. The word count of this Surah is one thousand, six hundred and thirty-one words and its letters number five thousand, two hundred and ninety-four. بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Meaning of Anfal Al-Bukhari […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — al-Anfal 8:2

Qualities of the Faithful and Truthful Believers `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said about the Ayah, إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ (The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a fear in their hearts) “None of Allah’s remembrance enters the hearts of the hypocrites upon performing […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — al-Anfal 8:3

Qualities of the Faithful and Truthful Believers `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said about the Ayah, إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ (The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a fear in their hearts) “None of Allah’s remembrance enters the hearts of the hypocrites upon performing […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — al-Anfal 8:4

Qualities of the Faithful and Truthful Believers `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said about the Ayah, إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ (The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a fear in their hearts) “None of Allah’s remembrance enters the hearts of the hypocrites upon performing […]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) — al-Anfal 8:5

Following the Messenger is Better for the Believers Allah said, كَمَآ أَخْرَجَكَ رَبُّكَ (As your Lord caused you to go out…) After Allah described the believers as fearing their Lord, resolving matters of dispute between themselves and obeying Allah and His Messenger , He then said here, “since you disputed about dividing war spoils and […]

Tafsir al-Jalalayn — al-Anfal 8:71

And if they the captives desire to betray you through words which they speak to you they have betrayed God before before Badr through unbelief; but He has given you power over them at Badr through slaying and capture so let them anticipate the like if they return to betrayal; and God is Knower of […]

Tafsir al-Jalalayn — al-Anfal 8:72

Truly those who believed and emigrated and strove with their wealth and their lives in the way of God these being the Emigrants and those who provided refuge for the Prophet s and assisted these being the Helpers those are allies of one another in terms of mutual support and inheritance. And those who believed […]

Tafsir al-Jalalayn — al-Anfal 8:73

And those who disbelieve are allies of one another in terms of mutual support and inheritance and so there is no inheriting between you and them. Unless you do this unless you ally yourselves with the believers and sever relations with the disbelievers there will be sedition in the land and great corruption with disbelief […]

Tafsir al-Jalalayn — al-Anfal 8:74

And those who believed and emigrated and strove for the way of God and those who provided refuge and assisted — those are the true believers and for them is forgiveness and a generous provision in Paradise.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn — al-Anfal 8:75

And those who believed afterwards that is after the first believers and emigrants and emigrated and strove with you — they are of you O Muhājirūn and Ansār; and those related by blood kinsmen are nearer to one another in terms of inheritance than those who share inheritance on account of their common faith and […]