Transliteration:( Wa yu'azzibal munaafiqeena walmunaafiqaati wal mushrikeena walmushrikaatiz zaaanneena billaahi zannas saw'; 'alaihim daaa'iratus saw'i wa ghadibal laahu 'alaihim wa la'anahum wa a'adda lahum jahannama wa saaa' at maseeraa )
"That He may punish the hypocrites, men and women, and the polytheist men and women [14] who have evil [15] thoughts concerning Allah. On them is the evil turn [16] of fortune and the wrath of Allah. And He has cursed them and has prepared hell for them. And that is an evil destination." (Kanzul Imaan Translation)
This verse refers to the fact that the Treaty of Hudaibiyyah and later the Conquest of Makkah became a means of punishment in both this world and the Hereafter for the hypocrites of Madina and the stubborn polytheists of Makkah. It is important to note that at the time of Hudaibiyyah, none of the hypocrites joined the Prophet ﷺ; they chose not to leave Madina Munawwarah, fearing conflict with the Makkans.
During the year of Hudaibiyyah, when the believers left Madina with the intention of performing Umrah, the hypocrites assumed that because the Muslims were unarmed, a battle would surely occur and all the Muslims would be martyred. Due to this belief, they remained behind, making excuses. Only the sincere believers participated in Bay‘at al-Ridwan, and this verse alludes to that reality.
And indeed, that is exactly what happened. The hypocrites missed the opportunity to participate in Bay‘at al-Ridwan, and their absence exposed their true enmity towards the believers. As a result, they became more deserving of Allah’s punishment, including Hell in the Hereafter, which is described as an evil destination.
The tafsir of Surah Fath verse 6 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Fath ayat 4 which provides the complete commentary from verse 4 through 7.
(48:6) (He also did this) to chastise the hypocrites, both men and women, and those who associate others in His Divinity, both men and women, and who harbour evil thoughts about Allah.[11] They shall be afflicted with misfortune,[12] Allah is wroth with them. He has laid His curse upon them and has prepared for them Hell. What an evil end!
11. The hypocrites living in the suburbs of Al-Madinah were thinking, as has been stated in (Surah Al-Fath, ayat 12) below, that the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions would not return alive from that journey. As for the polytheists of Makkah and their pagan companions, they were thinking that they had successfully put to rout the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions by preventing them from performing Umrah. In fact, whatever these two groups had thought, they had this misunderstanding about Allah that He would not help His Messenger (peace be upon him). And in the conflict between the truth and falsehood, He would allow falsehood to defeat and frustrate the truth.
12. That is, they were encompassed by the same evil fate which they wanted to avoid and against which they had devised all those plans, and their same plans caused the evil fate to be hastened.
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