Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
It was these who disbelieved and prevented
you from the Sacred Mosque, and stopped the sacrificial animals from reaching
their place; and were it not for some Muslim men and Muslim women, whom
you do not know - lest you may crush them and unintentionally incur some
violation due to them - Allah would have permitted you to slay them; this
relief for them, is so that Allah may admit into His mercy whomever He
wills; and had they been separated, We would have indeed punished the disbelievers
among them with a painful punishment.