الآية رقم (127) - لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفًا مِّنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ أَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنقَلِبُواْ خَآئِبِينَ

(127) - {That He might cut down a section of the disbelievers or suppress them so that they turn back disappointed.}

لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفًا: {That He might cut down a section}: There are rounds against falsehood in this life by which they are either defeated, or lose land or money, but they are not cut completely, rather a section of them. Many polytheists remained alive after the battle and became Muslims after that; such as Ikrimah bin Abi Jahl, Khalid bin Al-Walid and others who led the battle and then came out of their loins who worshiped Allah (swt) and didn’t join anything with him. That is why, the verses come to express precisely the will of Allah (swt): {That He might cut down a section of the disbelievers}, He did not say: All the disbelieves.

أَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ{or suppress them}: That is, He (swt) does not achieve victory for them, and they return with disappointment because they were not able to eliminate the call of the Prophet Muhammad (saws).