The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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قُل
لِّلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
إِن
يَنتَهُوا
يُغْفَرْ
لَهُم
مَّا
قَدْ
سَلَفَ
وَإِن
يَعُودُوا
فَقَدْ
مَضَتْ
سُنَّتُ
الْأَوَّلِينَ
qul li-lladhīna kafarū ʾin yantahū yughfar lahum mā qad salafa wa-ʾin yaʿūdū fa-qad maḍat sunnatu l-ʾawwalīna
Say to the Unbelievers, if (now) they desist (from Unbelief), their past would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment of those before them is already (a matter of warning for them).
— Abdullah Yusufali
Say to the faithless, if they cease [their belligerence against the Muslims], what is already past shall be forgiven them. But if they resume [their hostilities], then the precedent of the predecessors has already come to pass.
