Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
and thus blame for [killing] them should fall on you
unawares;1 [He held you back]
so that Allah may admit into His mercy
whomever He wishes.
And had they been separate,
We would have surely punished the faithless
among them
with a painful punishment.
26 When the faithless nourished
bigotry in their hearts,
the bigotry of pagan ignorance,
Allah sent down His composure
upon His Apostle and upon the faithful,
and made them abide by the word of Godwariness,
for they were the worthiest of it and deserved it,
and Allah has knowledge of all things.
27 Certainly Allah has fulfilled His Apostle’s vision
in all truth:
You will surely enter the Sacred Mosque,
God willing,
in safety,
with your heads shaven or hair cropped,
without any fear.
So He knew what you did not know,
and He assigned [you] besides that
a victory near at hand.
28 It is He who has sent His Apostle with guidance
and the true religion,
1 Ellipsis; the omitted phrase is ‘We would have given you a free hand against them.’
