Al-Anfal 8:69
The Spoils of War · Juz 10 · Page 185
فَكُلُواْ مِمَّا غَنِمۡتُمۡ حَلَٰلٗا طَيِّبٗاۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٦٩
So consume what you have taken of war booty [as being] lawful and good, and fear Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
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Commentary on 8:68–69
قَوْله تَعَالَى: ﴿لَوْلَا كتاب من الله سبق لمسكم فِيمَا أَخَذْتُم عَذَاب عَظِيم﴾ رُوِيَ عَن النَّبِي بِرِوَايَة أبي هُرَيْرَة أَنه قَالَ: " لم تحل الْغَنَائِم لأحد سود الرُّءُوس قبلكُمْ؛ كَانَت نَار تنزل من السَّمَاء فتأكلها. قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَة: فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْم بدر ووقعوا فِيمَا وَقَعُوا من الْغَنَائِم فادوا الْأُسَارَى قبل أَن ينزل الْوَحْي بِالْجَوَازِ، أنزل الله تَعَالَى: ﴿لَوْلَا كتاب من الله سبق لمسكم﴾ الْآيَة ". وَفِي معنى الْآيَة أَقْوَال:
أَحدهَا: لَوْلَا كتاب من الله سبق فِي تَحْلِيل الْغَنَائِم لمسكم فِيمَا أَخَذْتُم عَذَاب عَظِيم. هَذَا قَول سعيد بن جُبَير وَجَمَاعَة.
وَالثَّانِي: لَوْلَا كتاب من الله سبق من مغفرته لأهل بدر مَا صَنَعُوا؛ لمسكم فِيمَا أَخَذْتُم عَذَاب عَظِيم، هَذَا قَول الْحسن الْبَصْرِيّ.
وَالثَّالِث: لَوْلَا كتاب من الله سبق أَنهم لم يقدم إِلَيْكُم أَلا تَأْخُذُوا؛ لمسكم فِيمَا أَخَذْتُم عَذَاب عَظِيم؛ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يعذب من غير تقدمة.
وَقد صَحَّ عَن النَّبِي أَنه قَالَ: " أريت عذابكم دون هَذِه الشَّجَرَة، وَأَشَارَ إِلَى شَجَرَة قريبَة مِنْهُ ". وَرُوِيَ أَنه قَالَ لعمر: " لَو نزل الْعَذَاب مَا نجا أحد سواك ".
وَرُوِيَ أَنه قَالَ لَهُ: " كَاد يصيبنا ".
وَرُوِيَ أَنه لما نزلت الْآيَة الأولى كف أَصْحَاب رَسُول الله أَيْديهم عَمَّا أخذُوا من الْفِدَاء، فَأنْزل الله تَعَالَى هَذِه الْآيَة إِلَى آخرهَا.
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8:62
وَإِن يُرِيدُوٓاْ أَن يَخۡدَعُوكَ فَإِنَّ حَسۡبَكَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصۡرِهِۦ وَبِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٦٢
But if they intend to deceive you - then sufficient for you is Allāh. It is He who supported you with His help and with the believers
8:63
وَأَلَّفَ بَيۡنَ قُلُوبِهِمۡۚ لَوۡ أَنفَقۡتَ مَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا مَّآ أَلَّفۡتَ بَيۡنَ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٞ ٦٣
And brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allāh brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.
8:64
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ حَسۡبُكَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٦٤
O Prophet, sufficient for you is Allāh and for whoever follows you of the believers.
8:65
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ حَرِّضِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ عَلَى ٱلۡقِتَالِۚ إِن يَكُن مِّنكُمۡ عِشۡرُونَ صَٰبِرُونَ يَغۡلِبُواْ مِاْئَتَيۡنِۚ وَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُم مِّاْئَةٞ يَغۡلِبُوٓاْ أَلۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمٞ لَّا يَفۡقَهُونَ ٦٥
O Prophet, urge the believers to battle. If there are among you twenty [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you one hundred [who are steadfast], they will overcome a thousand of those who have disbelieved because they are a people who do not understand.
8:66
ٱلۡـَٰٔنَ خَفَّفَ ٱللَّهُ عَنكُمۡ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ فِيكُمۡ ضَعۡفٗاۚ فَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُم مِّاْئَةٞ صَابِرَةٞ يَغۡلِبُواْ مِاْئَتَيۡنِۚ وَإِن يَكُن مِّنكُمۡ أَلۡفٞ يَغۡلِبُوٓاْ أَلۡفَيۡنِ بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۗ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ٦٦
Now, Allāh has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allāh. And Allāh is with the steadfast.
8:67
مَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَن يَكُونَ لَهُۥٓ أَسۡرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يُثۡخِنَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ تُرِيدُونَ عَرَضَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٞ ٦٧
It is not for a prophet to have captives [of war] until he inflicts a massacre [upon Allāh's enemies] in the land. You [i.e., some Muslims] desire the commodities of this world,1 but Allāh desires [for you] the Hereafter. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., material benefit, such as the ransom paid for prisoners. ↩
8:68
لَّوۡلَا كِتَٰبٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمۡ فِيمَآ أَخَذۡتُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ٦٨
If not for a decree from Allāh that preceded,1 you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment.
1 translator’s note
- Three interpretations of the "decree" are given: that by which the companions of Badr were forgiven, that by which indeliberate errors in judgement by believers are not punished, and that which made lawful the spoils of war. ↩
8:69
فَكُلُواْ مِمَّا غَنِمۡتُمۡ حَلَٰلٗا طَيِّبٗاۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٦٩
So consume what you have taken of war booty [as being] lawful and good, and fear Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.