Al-Fath 48:18 ۞ لقد رضي الله عن المومنين اذ يبايعونك تحت الشجرة فعلم ما في قلوبهم فانزل السكينة عليهم واثابهم فتحا قريبا ١٨

48:18

۞ لَّقَدۡ

رَضِيَ

ٱللَّهُ

عَنِ

ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

إِذۡ

يُبَايِعُونَكَ

تَحۡتَ

ٱلشَّجَرَةِ

فَعَلِمَ

مَا

فِي

قُلُوبِهِمۡ

فَأَنزَلَ

ٱلسَّكِينَةَ

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

وَأَثَٰبَهُمۡ

فَتۡحٗا

قَرِيبٗا

١٨

Indeed, Allah was pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you ˹O Prophet˺ under the tree. He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down serenity upon them and rewarded them with a victory at hand,¹

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Chapter 48, Page 513, Juz 26

18. Indeed, Allah was pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you ˹O Prophet˺ under the tree. He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down serenity upon them and rewarded them with a victory at hand, 19. and many spoils of war they will gain. For Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. 20. Allah has promised you ˹believers˺ abundant spoils, which you will gain, so He hastened this ˹truce˺ for you. And He has held people’s hands back from ˹harming˺ you, so it may be a sign for the believers, and so He may guide you along the Straight Path. 21. And ˹there are˺ other gains which are beyond your reach that Allah is keeping in store ˹for you˺. For Allah is Most Capable of everything. 22. If the disbelievers were to fight you, they would certainly flee. Then they would never find any protector or helper. 23. ˹This is˺ Allah’s way, already long established ˹in the past˺. And you will find no change in Allah’s way. 24. He is the One Who held back their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of ˹Ḥudaibiyah, near˺ Mecca, after giving you the upper hand over ˹a group of˺ them. And Allah is All-Seeing of what you do. 25. They are the ones who persisted in disbelief and hindered you from the Sacred Mosque, preventing the sacrificial animals from reaching their destination. ˹We would have let you march through Mecca,˺ had there not been believing men and women, unknown to you. You might have trampled them underfoot, incurring guilt for ˹what you did to˺ them unknowingly. That was so Allah may admit into His mercy whoever He wills. Had those ˹unknown˺ believers stood apart, We would have certainly inflicted a painful punishment on the disbelievers. 26. ˹Remember˺ when the disbelievers had filled their hearts with pride—the pride of ˹pre-Islamic˺ ignorance—then Allah sent down His serenity upon His Messenger and the believers, inspiring them to uphold the declaration of faith, for they were better entitled and more worthy of it. And Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all things.

- Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran