Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Anfaal, Ayah 68

Al-Anfaal · Ayah 68 · View Ayah
لَّوْلَا كِتَٰبٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَآ أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌۭ
If not for a decree from Allah that preceded, you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment.

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

Had it not been for an ordinance from God which had preceded making spoils and the taking of captives lawful for you an awful chastisement would have afflicted you for what you took as ransom.

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(Had it not been for an ordinance of Allah which had gone before) had it not been for Allah's decree that spoils of war were lawful for the community of Muhammad (pbuh); it is also said that this means: had it not been that Allah decreed felicity for the people of Badr, (an awful) a severe (doom had come upon you on account of what ye took) would have befallen you because of the ransoms you took.

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