قQuranulKareem

Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 29 (8:29)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تَتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّكُمْ فُرْقَانًا وَيُكَفِّرْ عَنكُمْ …

Quran 8:29 is ayah 29 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 180 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:29
يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟إِنتَتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَيَجْعَللَّكُمْفُرْقَانًاوَيُكَفِّرْعَنكُمْسَئَِّاتِكُمْوَيَغْفِرْلَكُمْ ۗوَٱللَّهُذُوٱلْفَضْلِٱلْعَظِيمِ٢٩
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū in tattaqū l-laha yajʿal lakum fur'qānan wayukaffir ʿankum sayyiātikum wayaghfir lakum wal-lahu dhū l-faḍli l-ʿaẓīmi

O you who have believed, if you fear Allāh, He will grant you a criterion and will remove from you your misdeeds and forgive you. And Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.(29)

Word by word

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
  3. ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūbelieve
  4. إِنinIf
  5. تَتَّقُوا۟tattaqūyou fear
  6. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  7. يَجْعَلyajʿalHe will grant
  8. لَّكُمْlakumyou
  9. فُرْقَانًاfur'qānana criterion
  10. وَيُكَفِّرْwayukaffirand will remove
  11. عَنكُمْʿankumfrom you
  12. سَئَِّاتِكُمْsayyiātikumyour evil deeds
  13. وَيَغْفِرْwayaghfirand forgive
  14. لَكُمْ ۗlakumyou
  15. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  16. ذُوdhū(is) the Possessor
  17. ٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍli(of) Bounty
  18. ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe Great

Tafsir (commentary) of 8:29

Available in English, Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Russian.

English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Ibn `Abbas, As-Suddi, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, Muqatil bin Hayyan and several others said that,

فُرْقَانًا

(Furqan), means, `a way out'; Mujahid added, "In this life and the Hereafter." In another narration, Ibn `Abbas is reported to have said, `Furqan' means `salvation' or -- according to another narration -- `aid'. Muhammad bin Ishaq said that `Furqan' means `criterion between truth and falsehood'. This last explanation from Ibn Ishaq is more general than the rest that we mentioned, and it also includes the other meanings. Certainly, those who have Taqwa of Allah by obeying what He ordained and abstaining from what he forbade, will be guided to differentiate between the truth and the falsehood. This will be a triumph, safety and a way out for them from the affairs of this life, all the while acquiring happiness in the Hereafter. They will also gain forgiveness, thus having their sins erased, and pardon, thus having their sins covered from other people, as well as, being directed to a way to gain Allah's tremendous rewards,

يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ وَءَامِنُواْ بِرَسُولِهِ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِن رَّحْمَتِهِ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ نُوراً تَمْشُونَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

(O you who believe! Have Taqwa of Allah, and believe in His Messenger, He will give you a double portion of His mercy, and He will give you a light by which you shall walk (straight). And He will forgive you. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.) 57:28.

Read the full Surah Al-Anfal