Al-Fath

Indeed, We have given you a clear victory, so that Allah may forgive you, complete His favour upon you, guide you and help you with a mighty help. It is He who sent tranquillity into the believers’ hearts, so that they would add faith to their faith, and He will admit them into gardens. The hypocrites and idolaters, who thought evil of Allah, face an evil turn of fortune. Those who pledged allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ were pledging allegiance to Allah. The desert Arabs who stayed behind will make excuses, but they had thought the believers would never come home. When spoils are in sight they will ask to come along. There is no blame on the blind, the lame or the sick. Allah was pleased with the believers when they pledged under the tree: He knew what was in their hearts, sent down tranquillity and rewarded them with a near victory and many spoils. It was Allah who held back both sides in the valley of Makkah, for there were hidden believers in the city who might have been harmed unknowingly. The disbelievers set the pride of ignorance in their hearts, while Allah sent His tranquillity on the believers. Allah fulfilled His Messenger’s vision: you will surely enter the Sacred Mosque in safety. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Those with him are firm against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves, described in the Torah by the mark of prostration and in the Gospel as a crop that puts out its shoot, grows thick and stands firm, delighting the sowers.