Rowwad Translation Center — 514

48:24 It is He Who restrained their hands from you and your hands from them near Makkah[1], after giving you the upper hand over them. And Allah is All-Seeing of what you do.

48:25 It is they who disbelieved and prevented you from the Sacred Mosque and detained the sacrificial animals[1] from reaching their place of sacrifice. If it had not been for the believing men and women whom you could not identify, you might have trampled them, thus incurring guilt unknowingly, [We would have let you march to Makkah]. [This was] so that Allah may admit to His mercy whom He wills[2]. If they had been distinct [from the disbelievers], We would have surely inflicted on those who disbelieved among them a painful punishment.

48:26 When the disbelievers harbored pride in their hearts – the pride of ignorance[1] – then Allah sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers, and caused them to adhere to the word of piety[2], for they were more deserving and worthy of it. And Allah is All-Knowing of everything.

48:27 Indeed, Allah has fulfilled His Messenger’s dream in truth: that you will surely enter the Sacred Mosque if Allah wills, in peace and safety, and you will have your heads shaved or shortened[1], without any fear. He knew what you did not know, and He granted you prior to that an imminent conquest[2].

48:28 It is He Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, to make it prevail over all religions, and sufficient is Allah as a Witness.