Tafsir for verse: 8:70
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ قُل لِّمَن فِيٓ أَيۡدِيكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَسۡرَىٰٓ إِن يَعۡلَمِ ٱللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمۡ خَيۡرٗا يُؤۡتِكُمۡ خَيۡرٗا مِّمَّآ أُخِذَ مِنكُمۡ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٧٠ ﴿70
70O Prophet, say to the prisoners in your hands, “If Allah knows any goodness in your hearts, He will give you something better than what has been taken from you, and will forgive you. Allah is Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful.”
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Commentary

In your hands, in your possession, as if your hands are holding them. And it was recited: from the captives in your hearts is goodness, purity of faith, and sound intention. He will give you better than what was taken from you as ransom. Either He will replace you in this world with its multiples, or He will reward you in the Hereafter. And in the reading of Al-A'mash: He will reward you with goodness. And from Al-Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, he said: I was a Muslim, but they forced me. The Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, said: 'If what you mention is true, then Allah will reward you.' As for your apparent condition, it was upon us. [It was narrated by Ibn Ishaq in Al-Maghazi, and Al-Hakim from his route - Yahya bin Abad narrated to me from his father from Aisha who said: When the people of Mecca sent for the ransom of their captives and Zainab sent for the ransom of Abu Al-As, Al-Abbas said, O Messenger of Allah, I was a Muslim. And he mentioned it.] He was one of those who guaranteed feeding the people of Badr and went out with gold for that. It was narrated that the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, said to Al-Abbas: 'Ransom your nephew Aqil bin Abi Talib and Nufal bin Al-Harith.' He said: O Muhammad, you left me to beg from Quraysh as long as I live. He said to him: 'So where is the gold that you gave to Umm Al-Fadl at the time of your departure from Mecca and said to her: I do not know what will happen to me on this journey. If something happens to me, it is for you and for Abdullah and Ubaidullah and Al-Fadl.' Al-Abbas said: And how do you know? He said: 'My Lord informed me of it.' Al-Abbas said: So I bear witness that you are truthful, and that there is no deity except Allah and that you are His servant and Messenger. By Allah, no one knew of it except Allah. I indeed gave it to her in the darkness of the night, and I was doubtful about your matter. But when you informed me of that, there is no doubt. Al-Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: So Allah replaced me with better than that. I now have twenty slaves, the least of whom would strike for twenty thousand. And He gave me Zamzam, which I would not exchange for all the wealth of the people of Mecca, and I await forgiveness from my Lord. [He who narrated it completely with the mentioned chain. Abu Na'im narrated it in Al-Dala'il from the route of Ishaq: Some of our companions narrated to me from Muqsim from Ibn Abbas, with a similar meaning in detail. And Ibn Mardawayh narrated it from the route of Sa'id bin Jubair from Ibn Abbas with a similar meaning, and in it is Muhammad bin Hamid Al-Razi, who is weak. And the saying: 'And Al-Abbas was one of those who guaranteed feeding Badr and went out with gold for that,' I did not find this.] It was narrated that he brought to the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, the wealth of Bahrain, eighty thousand. He performed ablution for the noon prayer and did not pray until he distributed it. And he ordered Al-Abbas to take from it what he could carry, and he would say: This is better than what was taken from me, and I hope for forgiveness. [It was narrated by Al-Tabari: Bishrin bin Mu'adh narrated to us, Yazid narrated to us, Sa'd bin Abi Aroba narrated from Qatadah like this. And Al-Hakim narrated in the virtues of Al-Abbas from the route of Sulayman bin Al-Mughira from Hamid bin Hilal from Abu Musa: 'That Al-Ala' bin Al-Hadrami sent to the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, from Bahrain with eighty thousand, and he ordered it to be spread on the mat and the call to prayer was made... the hadith.'] And Al-Hasan and Shaiba read: from what was taken from you, in the active voice.

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