Al-Anfal 8:27 يا ايها الذين امنوا لا تخونوا الله والرسول وتخونوا اماناتكم وانتم تعلمون ٢٧
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
لَا
تَخُونُواْ
ٱللَّهَ
وَٱلرَّسُولَ
وَتَخُونُوٓاْ
أَمَٰنَٰتِكُمۡ
وَأَنتُمۡ
تَعۡلَمُونَ
٢٧
Believers, do not betray God and the Messenger, or knowingly betray [other people’s] trust in you.
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Reason behind revealing This Ayah, and the prohibition of Betrayal
The Two Sahihs mention the story of Hatib bin Abi Balta`ah. In the year of the victory of Makkah he wrote to the Quraysh alerting them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to march towards them. Allah informed His Messenger of this,
…Reason behind revealing This Ayah, and the prohibition of Betrayal
The Two Sahihs mention the story of Hatib bin Abi Balta`ah. In the year of the victo
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