The Holy Quran 48:15 — Surah Al-Fath

Arabic text

سَيَقُولُ ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَ إِذَا ٱنطَلَقْتُمْ إِلَىٰ مَغَانِمَ لِتَأْخُذُوهَا ذَرُونَا نَتَّبِعْكُمْ ۖ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُبَدِّلُوا۟ كَلَـٰمَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قُل لَّن تَتَّبِعُونَا كَذَٰلِكُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ فَسَيَقُولُونَ بَلْ تَحْسُدُونَنَا ۚ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Translation

Soon, when you (Muslims) proceed to take possession of the booty (when you march to conquer Khaybar), those (Munaafiqeen) left behind (during the journey to Hudaybiyyah) will say, "Allow us to follow you." They wish to alter (change) Allaah's speech (His command that only those who proceeded to Hudaybiyyah should march with Rasulullaah ﷺ). Tell them, "You may never follow us! Thus has Allaah stated from before." They will then say (to others behind your back), "You people are merely jealous of us (and therefore wish to have everything for yourselves)." In fact, they understand but a little (they fail to understand that the Muslims who marched to Hudaybiyyah deserved to receive the booty of Khaybar because they had risked their lives for Allaah's pleasure).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The prohibition on taking these hypocrites along on the jihad (fighting in the path of Allah) of Khaybar: on returning from “Hudaybiyyah”, the Prophet ﷺ was commanded to march on “Khaybar”. There lived the treacherous Jews who, breaking their covenant, had brought the disbelieving tribes against Madinah in the battle of “al-Ahzab” (the Confederates).

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