It is (only) Allāh Who knows what they would have done.
Darussalam · Volume 8
82 - THE BOOK OF AL-QADARSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 6597 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 122
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6597. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما : The Prophet ﷺ was asked about the offspring of Al-Mushrikūn [polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allāh and in His Messenger Muḥammad (ﷺ)]. He said, "Allāh knows what they would have done (were they to live)."
6597 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ أَوْلاَدِ المُشْرِكِينَ، فَقَالَ: «اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ»
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