سُوْرَةُ الْفَتْحِ
Surah Al-Fath (48) — Ayah 25
هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَٱلْهَدْىَ مَعْكُوفًا أَن يَبْلُغَ مَحِلَّهُۥ ۚ وَلَوْلَا رِجَالٌ مُّؤْمِنُونَ وَنِسَآءٌ مُّؤْمِنَـٰتٌ لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوهُمْ أَن تَطَـُٔوهُمْ فَتُصِيبَكُم مِّنْهُم مَّعَرَّةٌۢ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۖ لِّيُدْخِلَ ٱللَّهُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ لَوْ تَزَيَّلُوا۟ لَعَذَّبْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ﴿25﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They are the ones who disbelieved (in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism) and hindered you from Al-Masjid-al-Harâm (at Makkah) and detained the sacrificial animals from reaching their place of sacrifice. Had there not been believing men and believing women whom you did not know, that you may kill them and on whose account a sin would have been committed by you without (your) knowledge, that Allâh might bring into His Mercy whom He wills - if they (the believers and the disbelievers) had been apart, We verily would have punished those of them who disbelieved with painful torment.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
هُمُ
humu
They
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(are) those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
وَصَدُّوكُمْ
waṣaddūkum
and hindered you
عَنِ
ʿani
from
ٱلْمَسْجِدِ
l-masjidi
Al-Masjid Al-Haraam
ٱلْحَرَامِ
l-ḥarāmi
Al-Masjid Al-Haraam
وَٱلْهَدْىَ
wal-hadya
while the offering
مَعْكُوفًا
maʿkūfan
(was) prevented
أَن
an
from
يَبْلُغَ
yablugha
reaching
مَحِلَّهُۥ ۚ
maḥillahu
its place (of sacrifice)
وَلَوْلَا
walawlā
And if not
رِجَالٌۭ
rijālun
(for) men
مُّؤْمِنُونَ
mu'minūna
believing
وَنِسَآءٌۭ
wanisāon
and women
مُّؤْمِنَـٰتٌۭ
mu'minātun
believing
لَّمْ
lam
not
تَعْلَمُوهُمْ
taʿlamūhum
you knew them
أَن
an
that
تَطَـُٔوهُمْ
taṭaūhum
you may trample them
فَتُصِيبَكُم
fatuṣībakum
and would befall you
مِّنْهُم
min'hum
from them
مَّعَرَّةٌۢ
maʿarratun
any harm
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
عِلْمٍۢ ۖ
ʿil'min
knowledge
لِّيُدْخِلَ
liyud'khila
That Allah may admit
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
That Allah may admit
فِى
fī
to
رَحْمَتِهِۦ
raḥmatihi
His Mercy
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُ ۚ
yashāu
He wills
لَوْ
law
If
تَزَيَّلُوا۟
tazayyalū
they had been apart
لَعَذَّبْنَا
laʿadhabnā
surely, We would have punished
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
among them
عَذَابًا
ʿadhāban
(with) a punishment
أَلِيمًا
alīman
painful
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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They are the ones who disbelieved and prevented you from the Sacred Mosque and hindered the sacrificial animals [35] from reaching their place of sacrifice. And if it had not been for believing men and believing women whom you did not know (and the risk that) you might trample them [36], and thus incur guilt unknowingly, (He would not have restrained you, but He did so) so that Allah may admit into His mercy [37] whom He wills. If the believers had been separated from them, We would have certainly inflicted a painful punishment on those disbelievers among them (the people of Makkah) [38].
[35] These were a total of seventy camels that the Companions brought with them. When the Quraysh insisted that under no circumstances would they allow the Muslims to enter Makkah, after the peace treaty, these camels were slaughtered right there at the place of Hudaybiyyah.
[36]
A Very Important Aspect of Not Fighting at Hudaybiyyah:
There were some Muslims present in Makkah who, due to the oppression of the Quraysh of Makkah, kept their Islam hidden. And they did not have the means to migrate to Madinah. Such people were, in fact, excused in the sight of Allah Almighty. Thus, Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that he and his mother were among such people. In the event of war, these excused Muslims would have been compelled to join the ranks of the disbelievers, and in the case of an attack, they would certainly have been harmed, of which you would have had no knowledge. Then, upon finding out, you would have also felt regret, and the disbelievers would have taunted them that your Muslim brothers did not even care for you.
[37]
The Impact of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah on the People of Arabia:
The second benefit of stopping the war and making peace at all costs was that among the tribes of Arabia, the impression became widespread that Muslims are a peace-loving nation. Influenced by this, after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, countless people, with full insight, recognized Islam as the truth and embraced Islam. Among them, two prominent personalities are especially noteworthy: one is Sayyiduna Khalid ibn al-Walid, the Sword of Allah, and the other is Sayyiduna Amr ibn al-As, who later conquered Egypt.
[38] However, if there had been no excused Muslims present in Makkah, or if there had been some way to separate them, then certainly, instead of peace, war would have been better. In that case, We would have made the disbelievers suffer a crushing defeat at your hands.
[35] These were a total of seventy camels that the Companions brought with them. When the Quraysh insisted that under no circumstances would they allow the Muslims to enter Makkah, after the peace treaty, these camels were slaughtered right there at the place of Hudaybiyyah.
[36]
A Very Important Aspect of Not Fighting at Hudaybiyyah:
There were some Muslims present in Makkah who, due to the oppression of the Quraysh of Makkah, kept their Islam hidden. And they did not have the means to migrate to Madinah. Such people were, in fact, excused in the sight of Allah Almighty. Thus, Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that he and his mother were among such people. In the event of war, these excused Muslims would have been compelled to join the ranks of the disbelievers, and in the case of an attack, they would certainly have been harmed, of which you would have had no knowledge. Then, upon finding out, you would have also felt regret, and the disbelievers would have taunted them that your Muslim brothers did not even care for you.
[37]
The Impact of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah on the People of Arabia:
The second benefit of stopping the war and making peace at all costs was that among the tribes of Arabia, the impression became widespread that Muslims are a peace-loving nation. Influenced by this, after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, countless people, with full insight, recognized Islam as the truth and embraced Islam. Among them, two prominent personalities are especially noteworthy: one is Sayyiduna Khalid ibn al-Walid, the Sword of Allah, and the other is Sayyiduna Amr ibn al-As, who later conquered Egypt.
[38] However, if there had been no excused Muslims present in Makkah, or if there had been some way to separate them, then certainly, instead of peace, war would have been better. In that case, We would have made the disbelievers suffer a crushing defeat at your hands.
