When those who disbelieved had put into their hearts chauvinism - the chauvinism of the time of ignorance. But Allāh sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers and imposed upon them the word of righteousness, and they were more deserving of it and worthy of it. And ever is Allāh, of all things, Knowing.
ٱلۡجَٰهِلِيَّةِ(of the time of) ignorancel-jāhiliyati
فَأَنزَلَThen Allah sent downfa-anzala
ٱللَّهُThen Allah sent downl-lahu
سَكِينَتَهُۥHis tranquilitysakīnatahu
عَلَىٰuponʿalā
رَسُولِهِۦHis Messengerrasūlihi
وَعَلَىand uponwaʿalā
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَthe believersl-mu'minīna
وَأَلۡزَمَهُمۡand made them adherewa-alzamahum
كَلِمَةَ(to the) wordkalimata
ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ(of) righteousnessl-taqwā
وَكَانُوٓاْand they werewakānū
أَحَقَّmore deservingaḥaqqa
بِهَاof itbihā
وَأَهۡلَهَاۚand worthy of itwa-ahlahā
وَكَانَAnd iswakāna
ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
بِكُلِّof everybikulli
شَيۡءٍthingshayin
عَلِيمٗاAll-Knowerʿalīman
Tafsir
Remember when those who disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger harboured in their hearts the pride of ignorance; an ignorance that was linked to desires and not the truth. They haughtily rejected the entrance of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) into Makkah the year of the treaty of Ḥudaybīyyah, fearing and blaming him that he would overpower them and take control over it. Therefore, Allah sent down tranquility from Himself upon the His Messenger and upon the believers so their anger did not lead to them confronting the idolaters with the same actions. Allah made the believers firm upon the statement of truth, i.e. ‘There is none worthy of worship except for Allah’, and kept them firm upon fulfilling its rights which they fulfilled. The believers were more worthy of this statement than others, and more deserving of it because of the goodness within their hearts that Allah knew of. And Allah is aware of everything; nothing is hidden from Him.