The Holy Quran 8:38 — Surah Al-Anfal

Arabic text

قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَنتَهُوا۟ يُغْفَرْ لَهُم مَّا قَدْ سَلَفَ وَإِن يَعُودُوا۟ فَقَدْ مَضَتْ سُنَّتُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Translation

Tell the Kuffaar that if they desist (stop practising kufr, arrogance and accept Islaam), they will be forgiven for the past (sins they had committed). However, if they continue (practising kufr and opposing the Muslims), then the procedure of the previous nations (the manner in which We destroyed the Kuffaar of the past) have passed (before them, so that they may learn a lesson from these).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, if even now they desist from disbelief, transgression and enmity towards Islam and become devoted followers of the Prophet ﷺ, then all the sins they committed earlier in the state of disbelief will be forgiven. اَلْاِسْلَامُ يَهْدِمُ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَهٗ “Islam demolishes what came before it.

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