The Holy Quran 8:33 — Surah Al-Anfal

Arabic text

وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنتَ فِيهِمْ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ

Translation

(However, Allaah did not do as they asked because) Allaah shall not punish them while you (O Muhammad) are among them (because punishment affects all present and a Nabi can never be made to suffer punishment) and Allaah will not punish them while (as long as) they (people among them) seek forgiveness.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The way of Allah is that when He sends down punishment on a people for denying the prophets, He separates His Prophet from them. When Allah separated Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, from Makkah, then the people of Makkah were seized by the punishment of Badr. Why did punishment not come upon the idolaters?

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