Tafsir for verse: 8:71
وَإِن يُرِيدُواْ خِيَانَتَكَ فَقَدۡ خَانُواْ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبۡلُ فَأَمۡكَنَ مِنۡهُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ٧١ ﴿71﴾
71And if they intend to commit treachery against you, then, they have already committed treachery against Allah, and in turn Allah has given you full control over them. And Allah is All-Knowing, Wise.
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Commentary
And if they intend to betray you by breaking what they pledged to you regarding Islam and apostasy, and preferring the religion of their forefathers, then they have certainly betrayed Allah before in their disbelief in Him and in violating what was taken from every rational person in their covenant. So He allowed them, as you saw on the Day of Badr, and He will allow them again if they return to betrayal. It is said that the intended betrayal is the withholding of what they guaranteed in the ransom.
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