Surah 48. Al-Fat-h, Ayah 26
| إِذْ جَعَلَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَلْزَمَهُمْ كَلِمَةَ التَّقْوَىٰ وَكَانُوا أَحَقَّ بِهَا وَأَهْلَهَا ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمًا |
| Transliteration | : | 'idh jacala 'alladhena kafaro fe qulob -him al- h.ameyah h.ameyah al- jaahileyah fa- anzala 'allaah sakenah -hu calaa rasol -hi wa- calaa al- mu'minen wa- alzama -hum kalimah at- taqwaa wa- kaano ah.aqq bi- -haa wa- 'ahl -haa wa- kaana 'allaah bi- kull shay' calem(an) |
| Pickthall | : | When those who disbelieve had set up in their hearts zealotry, the zealotry of the Age of Ignorance, then Allah sent down His peace of reassurance upon His messenger and upon the believers and imposed on them the word of self restraint, for they were worthy of it and meet for it. And Allah is Aware of all things. |
| Asad | : | Whereas they who are bent on denying the truth harboured a stubborn disdain in their hearts - the stubborn disdain [born] of ignorance36 - God bestowed from on high His [gift of] inner peace upon His Apostle and the believers, and bound them to the spirit of God-consciousness:37 for they were most worthy of this [divine gift], and deserved it well. And God has full knowledge of all things. |
| Malik | : | While the unbelievers set up in their hearts the arrogance, the arrogance of ignorance, Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Rasool and the believers and made the believers to adhere to the word of piety; for they were most worthy and deserving of it. Allah has full knowledge of everything. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | While the Unbelievers got up in their hearts heat and cant--the heat and cant of Ignorance--Allah sent down His tranquillity to His Apostle and to the Believers and made them stick close to the command of self-restraint; and well were they entitled to it and worthy of it. And Allah has full knowledge of all things. 4907 4908 4909 |
Note - 36Although this reference to the "stubborn disdain"
(hamiyyah) on the part of the pagan Quraysh may have been
characteristic of their over-all attitude towards the
Prophet and his mission, it is probable - as Zamakhshari
points out - that its special mention here relates to an
incident which occurred at Hudaybiyyah during the truce
negotations between the Prophet and the emissary of the
Meccans, Suhayl ibn 'Amr. The Prophet began to dictate to
'Al' ibn Ab' Talib the text of the proposed agreement:
"Write down, 'In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the
Dispenser of Grace'"; but Suhayl interrupted him and
said: "We have never heard of [the expression] 'the Most
Gracious'; write down only what we know." Whereupon the
Prophet said to 'Ali: "Write, then, 'In Thy name, O
God'." 'Ali wrote as he was told; and the Prophet
continued: "This is what has been agreed upon between
Muhammad, God's Apostle, and the people of Mecca . . .".
But Suhayl interrupted again: "If thou wert [really] an
apostle of God, [this would be an admission on our part
that] we have been doing wrong to thee; write, therefore,
as we understand it." And so the Prophet dictated to Ali:
"Write thus: 'This is what has been agreed upon between
Muhammad, the son of Abd Allah, son of Abd al-Muttalib,
and the people of Mecca...'." (This story is recorded in
many versions, among others by Nasa'i, Ibn Hanbal and
Tabari.)
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Note - 37Lit., "the word of God-consciousness" (kalimat at-taqwa):
implying that their consciousness of God and of His
all-pervading power enabled them to bear the "stubborn
disdain" of their enemies with inner calm and serenity.
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Note - 4907While the Unbelievers were blustering and excited, and
meticulously objected to introductory words such as "In
the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful (they did
not like the titles), the Prophet remained calm and
collected, and got the substance of their demands
embodied in the Treaty without worrying about words. Even
though the terms of the Treaty appeared to the
companions, at first, to be unfair to Muslims, they
remained faithful to their Leader and showed trust in his
better judgment, a trust that was vindicated by the
events that followed.
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Note - 4908Cf. above xlviii. 18, and n. 4894.
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Note - 4909It=Tranquillity. Their calmness amid much provocation was
a gift of Allah; they had earned a right to it by their
obedience and discipline, and showed themselves well
worthy of it.
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Although this reference to the "stubborn disdain" (hamiyyah) on the part of the pagan Quraysh may have been characteristic of their over-all attitude towards the Prophet and his mission, it is probable - as Zamakhshari points out - that its special mention here relates to an incident which occurred at Hudaybiyyah during the truce negotations between the Prophet and the emissary of the Meccans, Suhayl ibn 'Amr. The Prophet began to dictate to 'Al' ibn Ab' Talib the text of the proposed agreement: "Write down, 'In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Dispenser of Grace'"; but Suhayl interrupted him and said: "We have never heard of [the expression] 'the Most Gracious'; write down only what we know." Whereupon the Prophet said to 'Ali: "Write, then, 'In Thy name, O God'." 'Ali wrote as he was told; and the Prophet continued: "This is what has been agreed upon between Muhammad, God's Apostle, and the people of Mecca . . .". But Suhayl interrupted again: "If thou wert [really] an apostle of God, [this would be an admission on our part that] we have been doing wrong to thee; write, therefore, as we understand it." And so the Prophet dictated to Ali: "Write thus: 'This is what has been agreed upon between Muhammad, the son of Abd Allah, son of Abd al-Muttalib, and the people of Mecca...'." (This story is recorded in many versions, among others by Nasa'i, Ibn Hanbal and Tabari.) |
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While the Unbelievers were blustering and excited, and meticulously objected to introductory words such as "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful (they did not like the titles), the Prophet remained calm and collected, and got the substance of their demands embodied in the Treaty without worrying about words. Even though the terms of the Treaty appeared to the companions, at first, to be unfair to Muslims, they remained faithful to their Leader and showed trust in his better judgment, a trust that was vindicated by the events that followed. |
