Al-Anfaal 8:33 · SocialQuran

سُورَةُ الأَنفَالِ · 8:33

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

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But Allah would not punish them while you, [O Muhammad], are among them, and Allah would not punish them while they seek forgiveness.

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Introduction

This is āyah 33 of Sūrat Al-Anfaal (The Spoils of War), the 88th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Medinan period and sits within Juzʾ 9. Medinan verses often address community life, law, and the building of society.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl

Period: Medinan
Order revealed: 88 of 114
Surah: Al-Anfaal (8)

Occasion of revelation · Al-Wahidi

(And when they said: O Allah! If this be indeed the truth from Thee�) [8:32-33]. The Commentators of the Qur�an said: �This was revealed about al-Nadr ibn al-Harith who said: �[O Allah!] If what Muhammad (s)ays is true, then rain down stones on us� �. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja�far informed us> Muhammad ibn �Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hakam> Muhammad ibn Ya�qub al-Shaybani> Ahmad ibn al-Nadr ibn �Abd al-Wahhab> �Ubayd Allah ibn Mu�adh> his father> Shu�bah> �Abd al-Hamid, the companion of al-Ziyadi who heard Anas ibn Malik saying: �Abu Jahl said: (If this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down stones on us or bring on us some painful doom!) and so this was revealed (But Allah would not punish them while thou wast with them)�. This was narrated by Bukhari from Ahmad ibn al-Nadr and by Muslim from �Abd Allah ibn Mu�adh.

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Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

And when Our Ayat are recited to them, they say: "We have heard (the Qur'an); if we wish we can say the like of this. This is nothing but the tales of the ancients. (31)And (remember) when they said: "O Allah! If this (the Qur'an) is indeed the truth (revealed) from You, then rain down stones on us from the sky or bring on us a painful torment. (32)And Allah would not punish them while you (Muhammad ﷺ) are among them, nor will He punish them while they seek (Allah's) forgiveness (33) The Quraysh claimed They can produce Something similar to the Qur'an Allah describes the disbelief, transgression, rebellion, as well as misguided statements that the pagans of Quraysh used to utter when they heard Allah's Ayat being recited to them, قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَٰذَا ("We have heard (the Qur'an); if we wish we can say the like of this.") They boasted with their words, …

Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation
Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.
1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation
Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.
TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation
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Written — the manuscript record

~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation
The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).
8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation
Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.
Modern printModern printawaiting curation
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