Tafsir al-Sadi - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (329)

(7) “How can the polytheists have a covenant with Allah and His Messenger, except those with whom you made a covenant at the Sacred Mosque? So long as they remain true to you, remain true to them. Indeed, Allah loves those who fear Him.”

This explains the wisdom that necessitates Allah and His Messenger’s disavowal of the polytheists. He says: “How can the polytheists have a covenant with Allah and His Messenger?” Have they fulfilled the obligations of faith, or refrained from harming the Messenger of Allah and the believers? Have they not fought against the truth and supported falsehood? Have they not striven to spread corruption throughout the land? They therefore deserve to be disavowed by Allah and to have no covenant with Him or His Messenger.

“Except those with whom you made a covenant” from among the polytheists “at the Sacred Mosque.” Their covenant—especially one concluded at this blessed place—has a sanctity that requires their rights to be duly observed.

“So long as they remain true to you, remain true to them. Indeed, Allah loves those who fear Him.” For this reason, He then says:

﴿٧﴾ ﴿كَيْفَ يَكُونُ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ عَهْدٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَعِنْدَ رَسُولِهِ إِلا الَّذِينَ عَاهَدْتُمْ عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ فَمَا اسْتَقَامُوا لَكُمْ فَاسْتَقِيمُوا لَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّقِينَ﴾ . هذا بيان للحكمة الموجبة لأن يتبرأ الله ورسوله من المشركين، فقال: ﴿كَيْفَ يَكُونُ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ عَهْدٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَعِنْدَ رَسُولِهِ﴾ هل قاموا بواجب الإيمان، أم تركوا رسول الله والمؤمنين من أذيتهم؟ أما حاربوا الحق ونصروا الباطل؟ أما سعوا في الأرض فسادا؟ فيحق عليهم أن يتبرأ الله منهم، وأن لا يكون لهم عهد عنده ولا عند رسوله. ﴿إِلا الَّذِينَ عَاهَدْتُمْ﴾ من المشركين ﴿عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ﴾ فإن لهم في العهد وخصوصا في هذا المكان الفاضل حرمة، أوجب أن يراعوا فيها. ﴿فَمَا اسْتَقَامُوا لَكُمْ فَاسْتَقِيمُوا لَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّقِينَ﴾ ولهذا قال: