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تفسير القرآن

Al-Samʿānī

أبو المظفر السمعاني (ت ٤٨٩ هـ)

Short and steady — the plain meaning, with the reports that bear on it and little else.

Al-Anfāl 8:38 Juzʾ 9 Page 181

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Say to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them. But if they return [to hostility] - then the precedent of the former [rebellious] peoples has already taken place.

Read in the muṣḥaf

قَوْله تَعَالَى: ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ قَالَ يحيى بن معَاذ الرَّازِيّ - رَحمَه الله - إِيمَان لم يعجز عَن هدم كفر قبله فَمَتَى يعجز عَن هدم ذَنْب بعده!

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ قيل: سنة الْأَوَّلين: أَن يصل عَذَاب الدُّنْيَا بعقوبة الْآخِرَة.

The same ayah, in another commentary

Al-Anfāl 8:38