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Al-Fath (The Victory)

Verse 22of 29

وَلَوْ قَٰتَلَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوَلَّوُا۟ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّۭا وَلَا نَصِيرًۭا﴿٢٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And if those [Makkans] who disbelieve had fought you, they would have turned their backs [in flight]. Then they would not find a protector or a helper.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
قَـٰتَلَكُمُqātalakumufight you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
لَوَلَّوُا۟lawallawūsurely they would turn
ٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَl-adbārathe backs
ثُمَّthummaThen
لَاnot
يَجِدُونَyajidūnathey would find
وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyanany protector
وَلَاwalāand not
نَصِيرًۭاnaṣīranany helper

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Good News of abundant Spoils of WarMujahid said that Allah's statement,وَعَدَكُمُ اللَّهُ مَغَانِمَ كَثِيرَةً تَأْخُذُونَهَا(Allah has promised you abundant spoils that you will capture,) refers to the spoils that Muslims earned up until this time, while,فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمْ هَـذِهِ(and He has hastened for you this,) means, the conquest of Khaybar. Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said,فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمْ هَـذِهِ(and He has hastened for you this,) means, "The peace treaty of Al-Hudaybiyyah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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