Al-Anfal 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
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.1
— Saheeh International
Tell the disbelievers that if they desist, their past will be forgiven. But if they persist, then they have an example in those destroyed before them.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Soma 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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