Surah 48:26
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هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّوكُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ وَٱلۡهَدۡيَ مَعۡكُوفًا أَن يَبۡلُغَ مَحِلَّهُۥۚ وَلَوۡلَا رِجَالٞ مُّؤۡمِنُونَ وَنِسَآءٞ مُّؤۡمِنَٰتٞ لَّمۡ تَعۡلَمُوهُمۡ أَن تَطَـُٔوهُمۡ فَتُصِيبَكُم مِّنۡهُم مَّعَرَّةُۢ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖۖ لِّيُدۡخِلَ ٱللَّهُ فِي رَحۡمَتِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۚ لَوۡ تَزَيَّلُواْ لَعَذَّبۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
They are those who disbelieved, and kept you from the Sacred Mosque, and (also) the offering, (which was) prevented from reaching its lawful place. If not for (certain) believing men and believing women, whom you did not know, or you would have trampled them, and guilt smitten you without (your) realizing (it) because of them – so that God may cause to enter into His mercy whomever He pleases – if they had been separated out (clearly), We would indeed have punished those among them who disbelieved with a painful punishment.
إِذۡ جَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلۡحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ ٱلۡجَٰهِلِيَّةِ فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَأَلۡزَمَهُمۡ كَلِمَةَ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَكَانُوٓاْ أَحَقَّ بِهَا وَأَهۡلَهَاۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٗا
When those who disbelieved fostered a fury in their hearts – the fury of the (time of) ignorance – God sent down His Sakīna on His messenger and on the believers, and fastened to them the word of guarding (themselves). They have more right to it and are worthy of it. God has knowledge of everything.
Allah the Exalted states that the Arab idolaters from Quraysh and their allies who extended help to them against His Messenger, {They are those who disbelieved}, they are indeed the disbelievers, {and hindered you from Al-Masjid Al-Haram} ‘even though you are its people and more worthy of being responsible for it,’ {and detained the sacrificial animals, from reaching their place of sacrifice.} they prevented, because of transgression and stubbornness, the sacrificial animals from being reached to the place where they would be slaughtered. There were seventy sacrificial camels designated for sacrifice, as we will mention, Allah willing. Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, {Had there not been believing men and believing women} living among the Makkans hiding their faith for fearing for their safety from the pagans. Otherwise, We would have given you authority over the Makkans and you would have killed them to the brink of extermination. However, there were some faithful believers, men and women, living among them, about whom you had no knowledge of being believers and you might try to kill them.’ Allah’s statement, {whom you did not know, that you may kill them and on whose account a sin would have been committed by you} an evil and erroneous act, {without (your) knowledge, that Allah might bring into His mercy whom He wills} that Allah might delay the punishment of the pagans of Makkah to save the believers who lived among them, and so that many of the idolators might embrace Islam. Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, {if they had been apart}, if the disbelievers and the believers who were living among them had been apart, {We verily, would have punished with painful torment those of them who disbelieved} ‘We would have given you dominance over the disbelievers and you would have inflicted tremendous slaughter on them.’ Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said, {When those who disbelieve had put in their hearts pride and haughtiness - the pride and haughtiness of the time of ignorance,} when they refused to write (in the treaty document), “In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,” and. These are the terms agreed on by Muhammad, Allah’s Messenger,’ {then Allah sent down His calmness and tranquillity upon His Messenger and upon the believers and made them stick to the word of Taqwa;} the word of Taqwa refers to sincerity, according to Mujahid. ‘Ata’ bin Abi Rabah commented, “None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, alone without partners. All the dominion belongs to Him and all praise is due to Him. He is Ever Able to do everything.” Yunus bin Bukayr said that Ibn Ishaq narrated from Az-Zuhri, from ‘Urwah, from Al-Miswar, commenting on, {and made them stick to the word of Taqwa;} “La ilaha illallah, alone without partners.” Al-Bukhari, may Allah have mercy with him, recorded in his Sahih in 'Book of Conditions’ that Al-Miswar bin Makhramah and Marwan bin Al-Hakam, both narrated attesting to the truthfulness of the other, “Allah’s Messenger set out at the time of Al-Hudaybiyyah with several hundred of his Companions. When he reached Dhul-Hulayfah, he had the sacrificial animals garlanded and marked and resumed the state of Ihram for ‘Umrah. He then sent several men from the tribe of Khuza’ah to gather news for him and then he proceeded. When he arrived at a village called Al-Ashtat, his advance regiment came back and said. The Quraysh have gathered their forces against you, including Al-Ahabish tribes. They are intent on fighting you, stopping you, and preventing you.’ The Messenger said,
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (batch_049)