Surah Al-Fath
Chapter 48 · Verse 25 · Revealed in Madinah
“They are the ones who disbelieved and obstructed you from al-Masjid al-Haram while the offering was prevented from reaching its place of sacrifice. And if not for believing men and believing women whom you did not know - that you might trample them and there would befall you because of them dishonor without [your] knowledge - [you would have been permitted to enter Makkah]. [This was so] that Allah might admit to His mercy whom He willed. If they had been apart [from them], We would have punished those who disbelieved among them with painful punishment”
Translation: Saheeh International
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Reflection — Ibn Kathir
Some of the Benefits gained from the Treaty at Al-Hudaybiyyah
Allah the Exalted states that the Arab idolators from Quraysh and their allies who extended help to them against His Messenger ,
هُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ
Reflection — Maarif ul Quran
فَتُصِيبَكُم مِّنْهُم مَّعَرَّةٌ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ (and thus an embarrassing situation might have befallen you because of them unknowingly....48:25): According to some authorities on lexicology ma'arrah connotes "sin"; according to others it means "harm"; and other authorities say it denotes "shame" or "embarrassment". In this context, apparently the last meaning appears to be apt. There was a nucleus of Muslims in Makkah and if the fight had broken out, Muslim army would have unwittingly killed their own Muslim brethren in faith, thereby causing great injury to their own cause, and incurring obloquy and opprobrium for themselves.
Natural Safeguard of the Noble Companions against Mistakes
What does this verse bring up for you today?