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Chapter 48: Surah <strong>al</strong>-Fath<br />
In the name of <strong>Al</strong>lah, the Beneficent, the Merciful<br />
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim <strong>al</strong>-Muzakki informed us> his father> Muhammad ibn Ishaq <strong>al</strong>-Thaqafi><br />
<strong>al</strong>-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Shu‘ayb <strong>al</strong>-Harrani> Muhammad ibn S<strong>al</strong>amah> Muhammad ibn Ishaq> <strong>al</strong>-<br />
Zuhri> ‘Urwah> <strong>al</strong>-Miswar ibn Makhramah and Marwan ibn <strong>al</strong>-Hakam who said: “Surah <strong>al</strong>-Fath, from<br />
beginning to end, was reve<strong>al</strong>ed between Mecca and Medina, regarding the treaty of Hudaybiyyah”. 1<br />
(Lo! We have given thee (O Muhammad) a sign<strong>al</strong> victory) [48:1].<br />
Mansur ibn Abi Mansur <strong>al</strong>-Samani informed us> ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Muhammad <strong>al</strong>-Fami> Muhammad<br />
ibn Ishaq <strong>al</strong>-Thaqafi> Abu’l-Ash‘ath> <strong>al</strong>-Mu’tamir ibn Sulayman> his father> Qatadah> Anas who said:<br />
“We were sad and depressed when we returned from <strong>al</strong>-Hudaybiyyah because of being prevented from<br />
performing the pilgrimage. <strong>Al</strong>lah, glorious and majestic is He, then reve<strong>al</strong>ed (Lo! We have given thee (O<br />
Muhammad) a sign<strong>al</strong> vicory), upon which the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace,<br />
said: ‘A verse has been reve<strong>al</strong>ed to me and it is more beloved to me than the world and <strong>al</strong>l that is in it’ ”. 2<br />
‘Ata’ <strong>al</strong>so reported that Ibn ‘Abbas said: “When the words of <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, (…nor know I what will<br />
be done with me or with you…) [46:9] were reve<strong>al</strong>ed, the Jews insulted the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and<br />
give him peace, and the Muslims, saying: ‘How will we follow a man who says that he does not know<br />
what will be done with him’ <strong>The</strong> Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, was aggrieved by what<br />
they said, and <strong>Al</strong>lah, glorious and majestic is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (Lo! We have given thee (O Muhammad) a sign<strong>al</strong><br />
vicory that <strong>Al</strong>lah may forgive thee of thy sin that which is past and that which is to come…) [48:1-2]”.<br />
(That He may bring the believing men and the believing women into Gardens underneath which<br />
rivers flow…) [48:5].<br />
Sa‘id ibn Muhammad <strong>al</strong>-Muqri’ informed us> Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad <strong>al</strong>-Madini> Ahmad<br />
ibn ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman <strong>al</strong>-Saqati> Yazid ibn Harun> Hammam> Qatadah> Anas who said: “When the<br />
verses (Lo! We have given thee (O Muhammad) a sign<strong>al</strong> vicory that <strong>Al</strong>lah may forgive thee of thy sin that<br />
which is past and that which is to come…) were reve<strong>al</strong>ed, the Companions of the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />
bless him and give him peace, said: ‘Congratulations, O Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, for what <strong>Al</strong>lah has given<br />
you; but what do we get’ And so <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (That He may bring the believing men and<br />
the believing women into Gardens underneath which rivers flow)”. 3<br />
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman <strong>al</strong>-Faqih informed us> Abu ‘Amr ibn Abi Hafs> Ahmad ibn ‘<strong>Al</strong>i <strong>al</strong>-<br />
Mawsili> ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn ‘Umar> Yazid ibn Zuray‘> Sa‘id ibn Qatadah who said: “<strong>The</strong> verse (Lo! We have<br />
given thee (O Muhammad) a sign<strong>al</strong> vicory) was reve<strong>al</strong>ed to the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him<br />
peace, upon his return from <strong>al</strong>-Hudaybiyyah. It was reve<strong>al</strong>ed when his Companions were sad because<br />
they were prevented from performing the pilgrimage; they had to do with offering their sacrifices at <strong>al</strong>-<br />
Hudaybiyyah. When this verse was reve<strong>al</strong>ed, the Prophet said to his Companions: ‘A verse was reve<strong>al</strong>ed<br />
to me which is better than the whole world’. And when he recited it, one man said: ‘Congratulations, O<br />
Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah! <strong>Al</strong>lah has told what will be done with you. But what will be done with us’ And so<br />
1<br />
Qurtubi, :259.<br />
2<br />
Tabari, :69.<br />
3<br />
Durr, :515.
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