Transliteration:( Liyukaffiral laahu 'anhum aswa allazee 'amiloo wa yajziyahum ajrahum bi ahsanil lazee kaano ya'maloon )
86. The words "remove from them" are connected with the righteous. It means that those will receive this reward whose purpose of doing good deeds is to obtain forgiveness of their sins, and not for any show or publicity ( Tafseer Roohul Mu'ani).
87. The sinful deeds done by them before accepting Islam when they were in a state of ignorance. Or, all their errors and shortcomings after accepting Islam. Thus, there is no objection on the verse, because what sins were committed by Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq.
88. This means all errors of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq, prior to acceptance of Islam, are forgiven and his good deeds as a believer are accepted in the court of Allah Almighty. In fact, even his minor good deeds, too, have the highest status in the eyes of Allah Almighty (Tafseer Roohul Mu'ani)
The tafsir of Surah Az-Zumar verse 35 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Zumar ayat 32 which provides the complete commentary from verse 32 through 35.
54. The people who believed in the Prophet (peace be upon him) had happened to commit most heinous sins, both ideological and moral, in the days of ignorance, and after affirmation of the faith the good that they did was not only that they gave up the falsehood they had been professing and accepted the truth that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had presented, but in addition, they had performed the best righteous acts in morality, devotion and in their dealings with others. Allah says: The worst deeds that they had committed in the days of ignorance will be wiped off from their account, and they will be rewarded for the best of their deeds found in their conduct book.
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