سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْفَالِ
Surah Al-Anfaal (8) — Ayah 25
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ فِتْنَةً لَّا تُصِيبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنكُمْ خَآصَّةً ۖ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ﴿25﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And fear the Fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong (but it may afflict all the good and the bad people), and know that Allâh is Severe in punishment.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
فِتْنَةًۭ
fit'natan
a trial
لَّا
lā
not
تُصِيبَنَّ
tuṣībanna
which will afflict
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ظَلَمُوا۟
ẓalamū
do wrong
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
خَآصَّةًۭ ۖ
khāṣṣatan
exclusively
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟
wa-iʿ'lamū
And know
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
شَدِيدُ
shadīdu
(is) severe
ٱلْعِقَابِ
l-ʿiqābi
(in) the penalty
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
25. 1. By this is meant either the dominance of people over one another, who, without distinction, oppress both the common and the elite, or those general punishments that come in the form of excessive rain, floods, or other terrestrial and celestial calamities, and both the righteous and the wicked are affected by them. Or, as mentioned in some ahadith, the warning of punishment due to abandoning enjoining good and forbidding evil is intended.
