The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 48
CH. 48 R. 2. AL-FATH PT. 26 سَيَقُولُ لَكَ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ Those of the desert Arabs. 12 شَغَلَتْنَا أَمْوَالُنَا وَاهْلُوْنَا فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا Our who contrived to be left behind, will say to thee, possessions and our families kept us occupied, so forgiveness for us. " "They say يَقُولُونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ مَّا لَيْسَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ ask قُلْ فَمَنْ يَّمْلِكُ لَكُمْ مِنَ اللهِ شَيْئًا with their tongues that which is إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ ضَرًّا اَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ نَفْعًا can avail you aught against بَلْ كَانَ اللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ خَبِيرًا not in their hearts. Say, "Who Allah, if He intends you some harm, or if He intends you some benefit? Nay, Allah is Well- Aware of what you do. ³ 3824 Messenger and the believers بَلْ ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنْ لَنْ يَنْقَلِبَ الرَّسُولُ Nay, you thought that the. 13 وَالْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ إِلَى أَهْلِيْهِمْ اَبَدًا وَزُيْنَ ذلِكَ would never come back to their families, and that was made to فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَظَنَنْتُمْ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِ appear pleasing to your hearts وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا بُوْرًا and you thought an evil thought, and you were people. '3 '3825 a ruined a102:2. 3:168. 13:17; 25:4. declare on solemn oath that they would stand by the Holy Prophet at all costs and would fight under his banner to the bitter end. 3824. Commentary: Reference in this verse is to those Bedouin tribes around Medina who apparently had friendly relations with the Muslims. These tribes were also invited to join the party of 1500 Muslims who were going to Mecca to perform the Lesser Pilgrimage (c). Though the Prophet was going on a mission of peace, these desert tribes thought that the Quraish would not allow his entry into Mecca and that in all likelihood there would be a clash of arms and Muslims not being properly armed would be defeated, and therefore going with the Holy Prophet was tantamount to marching into the jaws of death (Muir, Hishām & Kathir). The verse may equally apply to those tribes who had remained behind in the expedition to Tabūk because analogous words have been used in Surah At-Taubah about them. 3825. Commentary: Wish being father to the thought, the hypocrites, whenever invited by 2944