The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 50
CH. 48 AL-FATH PT. 26 قُلْ لِلْمُخَلَّفِينَ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ سَتَدْعَوْنَ Say to the desert Arabs who. 17 إلى قَوْمٍ أُولِي بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ تُقَاتِلُونَهُمْ contrived to be left behind, 'You shall be called to fight against a people of mighty valour; you أَوْ يُسْلِمُوْنَ فَإِنْ تُطِيعُوا يُوتِكُمُ اللهُ shall fight them until they surrender. Then, if you obey, اَجْرًا حَسَنًا ۚ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْا كَمَا تَوَلَّيْتُمْ Allah will give you a good reward, but if you turn your backs, as you turned your backs before, He will punish you with a painful punishment. ” 3827 مِنْ قَبْلُ يُعَذِّبُكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا لَيْسَ عَلَى الْأَعْلَى حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى There is no blame on the. 18 blind, nor is there blame on the الْأَعْرَجِ حَرَجٌ وَلَا عَلَى الْمَرِيضِ lame, nor is there blame on the sick, if they go not forth to fight. b حَرَجٌ وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يُدْخِلُهُ And whoso obeys Allah and His Messenger, He will make a9:91. 4:14; 24:53; 33:72. for their repeated acts of treachery. Those Bedouin tribes who had contrived to remain behind when the Prophet went to Mecca for the Lesser Pilgrimage, finding that his cause had prospered and that they would have a good share of the booty if they joined the expedition to Khaibar, requested the Prophet to be allowed accompany the Muslim army. They were told that they could not do so as the promise of booty was made only to those sincere Muslims who were to means, material and numbers than any other enemy the Muslims had met so far. The verse constituted a warning that the Muslims would come into conflict with those mighty foes and would have to wage prolonged wars with them till the latter were broken and brought to their knees. The laggards are thus told that though they cannot be allowed to march against the Jews of Khaibar and partake of the booty, yet in the near future they would be called upon to fight against a much more with the Holy Prophet at Hudaibiyyah. powerful foe and, if they then 3827. Commentary: The words "a people of mighty valour," may refer to the mighty forces of the Byzantine and Iranian Empires which were far superior in responded to the call, they would receive a good reward. The verse also signifies that wars with the Byzantine and Iranian Empires would be fierce and long. 2946