# Quran 8:38 — Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), Verse 38

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِن يَنتَهُواْ يُغۡفَرۡ لَهُم مَّا قَدۡ سَلَفَ وَإِن يَعُودُواْ فَقَدۡ مَضَتۡ سُنَّتُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
قُلْ لِّلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْۤا اِنْ یَّنْتَهُوْا یُغْفَرْ لَهُمْ مَّا قَدْ سَلَفَ وَاِنْ یَّعُوْدُوْا فَقَدْ مَضَتْ سُنَّتُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ ۟

## Transliteration
Qul lillazeena kafarooo iny yantahoo yughfar lahum maa qad salafa wa iny ya'oodoo faqad madat sunnatul awwaleen

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> 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).

**Citation:** Quran, Surah Al-Anfal 8:38 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Context:** Surah Al-Anfal is a medinan surah with 75 ayahs. Full surah: https://deen.global/quran/surah-al-anfal.md
Previous verse: https://deen.global/quran/8/37.md
Next verse: https://deen.global/quran/8/39.md
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