يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَخُونُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ وَتَخُونُوٓا۟ أَمَـٰنَـٰتِكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- O you who have believed, do not betray Allāh and the Messenger or betray your trusts while you know [the consequence].
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- ஈமான் கொண்டவர்களே! நீங்கள் அல்லாஹ்வுக்கும், (அவனுடைய) தூதருக்கும் மோசம் செய்யாதீர்கள் நீங்கள் அறிந்து கொண்டே, உங்களிடமுள்ள அமானிதப் பொருட்களிலும் மோசம் செய்யாதீர்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ‘අහෝ දේවත්වය විශ්වාස කළවුනි! නුඹලා දැනුවත්ව ම අල්ලාහ්ට හා ධර්ම දූතයාණන්ට වංචා නො කරනු. තවද නුඹලාට පවරන ලද දෑට ද වංචා නො කරනු.’
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اے ایمان والو! تم اللہ اور رسول (کے حقوق) میں جانتے ہوئے خیانت مت کرو اور اپنی قابل حفاﻇت چیزوں میں خیانت مت کرو۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- あなたがた信仰する者よ，アッラーとその使徒を裏切ってはならない。また故意に，あなたがたへの信頼を裏切ってはならない。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 信道的人们啊！你们不要背叛真主和使者，不要明知故犯地不忠于你们所受 的信托。
Tafsir of 8:27
Reason behind revealing This Ayah, and the prohibition of Betrayal The Two Sahihs mention the story of Hatib bin Abi Balta`ah. In the year of the victory of Makkah he wrote to the Quraysh alerting them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to march towards them. Allah informed His Messenger of this, and he sent a Companion to retrieve the letter that Hatib sent, and then he summoned him. He admitted to what he did. `Umar bin Al-Khattab stood up and said, "O Allah's Messenger! Should I cut off his head, for he has betrayed Allah, His Messenger and the believers" The Prophet said, «دَعْهُ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا، وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكُم» (Leave him! He participated in Badr. How do you know that Allah has not looked at those who participated in Badr and said, Do whatever you want, for I have forgiven you.) However, it appears that this Ayah is more general, even if it was revealed about a specific incident. Such rulings are dealt with by their indications, not the specific reasons behind revealing them, according to the majority of scholars.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
