Tafsir Muyassar
Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabiaلولا كتاب من الله سبق به القضاء والقدر بإباحة الغنيمة وفداء الأسرى لهذه الأمة، لنالكم عذاب عظيم بسبب أخْذكم الغنيمة والفداء قبل أن ينزل بشأنهما تشريع.
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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.
Al-Anfal 8:68
Word by wordلَّوْلَا كِتَـٰبٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَآ أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
If not for a decree from Allāh that preceded, you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment.
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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Ma'arif al-Qur'an
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Tafsir Muyassar
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Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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