Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Anfaal, Ayah 51
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Other Scholars on This Ayah
Tafsir
That chastisement is for what your hands have sent before you — He refers to this their actions exclusively with these hands because most actions are accomplished with them — and know that God is never unjust to His servants’ such that he would punish them for no sin.
Related Hadiths
" From the evil of every animal, Thou hast hold upon its forelock (Thou bast full control over it)."
"The (hand of) a thief is not to be cut off for less than the price of a shield." (Daif Mawquf)
“The hand of the one who betrays a trust, the robber and the pilferer is not to be cut off”.
"The hand (of the thief) is not to be cut off for a shield."
"The hand of the pilferer is not to be cut off."
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'The hand of the pilferer is not to be cut off”.
"The (hand of) a thief is not to be cut off except for the price of a shield, and in those days the price of a shield was a Dinar."
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(This is for that which your own hands have sent before (to the Judgement)) this is what your hands have done while you were in a state of idolatry (and (know) that Allah is not a tyrant to His slaves) such that He would take them to task without them having committed a crime.