يَخْلِطُونَ الْبَرِيءَ مِنَّا بِذِي الذَّنْبِ وَلَا يَنْفَعُ الْخَلِيَّ الْخَلَاءُ
Meaning: They lump our innocent together with the guilty, so even innocence offers no protection to the blameless.
al-barīʾ is the innocent, and dhī al-dhanb the person bearing guilt. al-khalī means free from blame and al-khalāʾ this condition of innocence.
Yakhliṭūn exposes an error of collective blame: treating an entire group as responsible for an individual’s fault.
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al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah: From Travel to Tribal Accusations, Innocence and Resolve (verses 14–26)
يَخْلِطُونَ الْبَرِيءَ مِنَّا بِذِي الذَّنْبِ وَلَا يَنْفَعُ الْخَلِيَّ الْخَلَاءُ
Meaning: They lump our innocent together with the guilty, so even innocence offers no protection to the blameless.
al-barīʾ is the innocent, and dhī al-dhanb the person bearing guilt. al-khalī means free from blame and al-khalāʾ this condition of innocence.
Yakhliṭūn exposes an error of collective blame: treating an entire group as responsible for an individual’s fault.