Tafseer of The Spoils of War · Al-Anfaal · 8:28
And know that your properties and your children are but a trial and that Allah has with Him a great reward.
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The explanation of the saying of the Exalted: En weet dat jullie bezittingen en jullie kinderen een beproeving zijn, en dat bij Allah een geweldige beloning is (8:28).
Abū Jaʿfar said: The Exalted says, exalted be His remembrance, to the believers: Know, O believers, that your possessions which Allah has entrusted to you, and your children whom Allah has bestowed upon you, are a trial and a tribulation (fitna). He has given them to you in order to test and try you thereby, so that He may see how you act regarding the fulfillment of the duty that Allah imposes upon you concerning them, and the observance of His command and His prohibition concerning them. = en dat bij Allah een geweldige beloning is, that is to say: know that with Allah is the good and a tremendous recompense, for your obedience to Him in that which He has commanded you and forbidden you, concerning your possessions and your children with which He has tried you in the worldly life. So obey Allah in that which He has obligated upon you concerning them, so that you may thereby obtain the abundant recompense of His reward upon your return.
15934 - Al-Ḥārith related to me, saying: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz related to us, saying: al-Masʿūdī related to us, on the authority of al-Qāsim, on the authority of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, on the authority of Ibn Masʿūd, concerning His saying: Voorwaar, jullie bezittingen en jullie kinderen zijn een beproeving, he said: There is no one among you but that he is enveloped in a trial (fitna). So whoever among you seeks refuge, let him seek refuge with Allah against the misleading trials.
15935 - Yūnus related to me, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Ibn Zayd said, concerning His saying: En weet dat jullie bezittingen en jullie kinderen een beproeving zijn, he said: beproeving means the testing, their testing. And he recited: En Wij beproeven jullie met het kwade en het goede als een beproeving, en tot Ons worden jullie teruggebracht (Surah Al-Anbiyāʾ: 35).