Al-Anfál 8:38 قل للذين كفروا ان ينتهوا يغفر لهم ما قد سلف وان يعودوا فقد مضت سنت الاولين ٣٨
قُل
لِّلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوٓاْ
إِن
يَنتَهُواْ
يُغۡفَرۡ
لَهُم
مَّا
قَدۡ
سَلَفَ
وَإِن
يَعُودُواْ
فَقَدۡ
مَضَتۡ
سُنَّتُ
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
٣٨
Tell those who disbelieve that if they cease (from persecution of believers) that which is past will be forgiven them; but if they return (thereto) then the example of the men of old hath already gone (before them, for a warning).
— M. Pickthall
Say to the Unbelievers, if (now) they desist (from Unbelief), their past would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment of those before them is already (a matter of warning for them).
— A. Yusuf Ali
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Encouraging the Disbelievers to seek Allah's Forgiveness, warning Them against Disbelief
Allah commands His Prophet Muhammad ,
قُل لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَنتَهُواْ
(Say to those who have disbelieved, if they cease...) the disbelief, defiance and stubbornness they indulge in, and embrace Islam, obedi
…Encouraging the Disbelievers to seek Allah's Forgiveness, warning Them against Disbelief
Allah commands His Prophet Muhammad ,
قُل لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ
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