سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْفَالِ
Surah Al-Anfaal (8) — Ayah 58
وَإِمَّا تَخَافَنَّ مِن قَوْمٍ خِيَانَةً فَٱنۢبِذْ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ ﴿58﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
If you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) fear treachery from any people throw back (their covenant) to them (so as to be) on equal terms (that there will be no more covenant between you and them). Certainly Allâh likes not the treacherous.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِمَّا
wa-immā
And if
تَخَافَنَّ
takhāfanna
you fear
مِن
min
from
قَوْمٍ
qawmin
a people
خِيَانَةًۭ
khiyānatan
betrayal
فَٱنۢبِذْ
fa-inbidh
throw back
إِلَيْهِمْ
ilayhim
to them
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
سَوَآءٍ ۚ
sawāin
equal (terms)
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
lā
(does) not
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
love
ٱلْخَآئِنِينَ
l-khāinīna
the traitors
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.
58. 1 By betrayal is meant the danger of breaking the treaty with the contracted nation, and (in a state of equality) means that they should be formally informed that henceforth there is no treaty between us and you. So that both parties are responsible for their own protection in their own way, and neither party is killed in ignorance or misunderstanding.
58. 2 That is, if this breaking of the treaty is also from the side of the Muslims, then this is betrayal which Allah does not like. There was a treaty between Muawiyah and the Romans; when the duration of the treaty was about to end, Muawiyah started gathering his armies near the Roman territory. The purpose was that as soon as the duration of the treaty ended, an attack would be launched on the Romans. When 'Amr bin 'Abasah came to know of this, he narrated a hadith of the Messenger ﷺ and declared it a violation of the treaty, upon which Muawiyah withdrew his armies.
58. 2 That is, if this breaking of the treaty is also from the side of the Muslims, then this is betrayal which Allah does not like. There was a treaty between Muawiyah and the Romans; when the duration of the treaty was about to end, Muawiyah started gathering his armies near the Roman territory. The purpose was that as soon as the duration of the treaty ended, an attack would be launched on the Romans. When 'Amr bin 'Abasah came to know of this, he narrated a hadith of the Messenger ﷺ and declared it a violation of the treaty, upon which Muawiyah withdrew his armies.
