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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 8:71 Juzʾ 10 Page 186

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

But if they intend to betray you - then they have already betrayed Allah before, and He empowered [you] over them. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.

Read in the muṣḥaf

قَوْله تَعَالَى: ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ الْخِيَانَة: ضد الْأَمَانَة؛ وَمَعْنَاهُ: إِن أَرَادوا أَن يكفروا بك ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏ أَي: قد كفرُوا بِاللَّه من قبل.

قَوْله: ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ يَعْنِي: مكن مِنْهُم ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ .

The same ayah, in another commentary

Al-Anfāl 8:71