هُمُ They ٱلَّذِينَ (are) those who كَفَرُوا۟ disbelieved وَصَدُّوكُمْ and hindered you عَنِ from ٱلْمَسْجِدِ Al-Masjid Al-Haraam ٱلْحَرَامِ Al-Masjid Al-Haraam وَٱلْهَدْىَ while the offering مَعْكُوفًا (was) prevented أَن from يَبْلُغَ reaching مَحِلَّهُۥ ۚ its place (of sacrifice) وَلَوْلَا And if not رِجَالٌۭ (for) men مُّؤْمِنُونَ believing وَنِسَآءٌۭ and women مُّؤْمِنَـٰتٌۭ believing لَّمْ not تَعْلَمُوهُمْ you knew them أَن that تَطَـُٔوهُمْ you may trample them فَتُصِيبَكُم and would befall you مِّنْهُم from them مَّعَرَّةٌۢ any harm بِغَيْرِ without عِلْمٍۢ ۖ knowledge لِّيُدْخِلَ That Allah may admit ٱللَّهُ That Allah may admit فِى to رَحْمَتِهِۦ His Mercy مَن whom يَشَآءُ ۚ He wills لَوْ If تَزَيَّلُوا۟ they had been apart لَعَذَّبْنَا surely, We would have punished ٱلَّذِينَ those who كَفَرُوا۟ disbelieved مِنْهُمْ among them عَذَابًا (with) a punishment أَلِيمًا painful ٢٥
They are the ones who disbelieved and obstructed you from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām while the offering was prevented from reaching its place of sacrifice. And if not for believing men and believing women whom you did not know - that you might trample [i.e., kill] them and there would befall you because of them dishonor without [your] knowledge - [you would have been permitted to enter Makkah]. [This was so] that Allāh might admit to His mercy whom He willed. If they had been apart [from them], We would have punished those who disbelieved among them with painful punishment
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