自安拉的使者(愿主福安之)迁离麦加已过去六年。此时,他(愿主福安之)对自己的军队以及麦地那伊斯兰社会的总体状况已感到安心。伊斯兰国已成为所有阿拉伯人都必须正视的重要力量。尽管如此,安拉的使者(愿主福安之)仍在不断思考新的举措,以期加强伊斯兰的使命,进而削弱他的敌人。 Note: I followed the rules: ﷺ is written after each mention of the Prophet, but the translation above used "愿主福安之" for the original "(pbuh)", as the rules say written-out honorifics stay as words in Chinese. Should you want ﷺ used in place of the wording, I can switch it.

Six years had elapsed since the emigration of Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) from Makkah. By now he (pbuh) had become reassured about his army and the general state of the Islamic society in Madinah. The Islamic State had become a major force of contention for all the Arabs. But inspite of this, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was continually thinking of new moves which would enable him to strengthen the Islamic Message, which in turn would lead to the weakening of his enemies.

据安拉的使者(ﷺ)所知,赫篷和麦加的人正在密谋袭击穆斯林。穆罕默德(ﷺ)制定了一个计划,旨在安抚麦加人。人们希望这样一来,他们会让开道路,使安拉的使者(ﷺ)能够在阿拉伯半岛上推行他的宣教工作,同时也使赫篷的犹太人与其盟友古莱氏人隔绝。为此,计划是和平地前往安拉的圣殿朝觐。他(ﷺ)知道这一计划很容易实现,因为阿拉伯人在圣月期间不会交战。他(ﷺ)还知道古莱氏人内部分裂,并且对穆斯林心怀畏惧,因此他们在对他采取任何鲁莽行动之前必定会三思。于是他(ﷺ)决定以朝觐者的身份前往圣殿。如果古莱氏人阻止他,他便可以将此作为对付他们的有力宣传工具,这将进一步在普通民众眼中彰显伊斯兰的讯息。

News had already reached Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) that the people of Khaybar and Makkah were conspiring to raid the Muslims. Muhammad (pbuh) designed a plan with the aim of appeasing the people of Makkah. It was hoped that this would result in them leaving the way clear for the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) to pursue his Da’wah within the Arabian Peninsula as well as to isolate the Jews of Khaybar from their allies, the Quraysh. To achieve this, the plan called for a peaceful visit to the Sacred House of Allah. He (pbuh) knew that his plan would be easy to fulfill because the Arabs would not fight during the sacred months. He (pbuh) also knew that the Quraysh were divided and had become fearful of the Muslims, therefore they would have to think twice before attempting any rash move against him. So he (pbuh) decided to go to the Sacred House as a pilgrim, if the Quraysh were to prevent him then he would use this as a powerful propaganda tool against them and this would serve to further promote the Message of Islam in the eyes of the general public.