Translation of the meanings Ayah 14 Surah At-Tawbah - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 14

قَٰتِلُوهُمۡ يُعَذِّبۡهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِأَيۡدِيكُمۡ وَيُخۡزِهِمۡ وَيَنصُرۡكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَيَشۡفِ صُدُورَ قَوۡمٖ مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

(14) Fight them; Allah will make them suffer at your hands, disgrace them, grant you victory over them, heal the hearts of ˹some˺ Believing folks^[2038],

[2038] This could mean all the dispossessed who were subjected to oppression and were long aggressed against (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn ʿĀshūr). However, exegetes are of the opinion (cf. Ibn Kathīr, al-Shinqīṭī, al-ʿAdhb al-Namīr) that these are the Banū Khuzāʿah clan, the allies of the Messenger (ﷺ) who were under his protection as per the Hudaybiyah Treaty, whom the Qurayshites and their allies, the Banū Bakr clan, had mercilessly slaughtered and traumatised, thus violating their pact with the Messenger (ﷺ).