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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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25. And beware of a trial which will not only afflict those among you who have done wrong [25]. And know that Allah is severe in punishment.
[25]
It is Obligatory Upon Everyone to Prevent Evil:
In this verse, the importance of protecting oneself from the tribulation of collective life and the obligation of forbidding evil has been stated. Suppose that in a society, disobedience to the Messenger of Allah or some evil arises, and people do not take timely notice of it, as a result of which that evil spreads in the society. Then, the punishment from Allah that comes as a consequence of that evil will encompass everyone. It will no longer be possible for those who did not commit that evil act to be saved. Because the crime of those people is that when the evil arose or began to increase, they neglected to prevent it at that time. If they had stopped it, everyone could have been saved from the punishment.
[25]
It is Obligatory Upon Everyone to Prevent Evil:
In this verse, the importance of protecting oneself from the tribulation of collective life and the obligation of forbidding evil has been stated. Suppose that in a society, disobedience to the Messenger of Allah or some evil arises, and people do not take timely notice of it, as a result of which that evil spreads in the society. Then, the punishment from Allah that comes as a consequence of that evil will encompass everyone. It will no longer be possible for those who did not commit that evil act to be saved. Because the crime of those people is that when the evil arose or began to increase, they neglected to prevent it at that time. If they had stopped it, everyone could have been saved from the punishment.
