The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5)

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Messenger and all his actions were done under His direction and guidance. Their duty was "to believe in him, help him, and honour him". Further, the Surah says that believers earned the pleasure of God when they swore allegiance to the Prophet under "the tree" that they would stand by him through thick and thin, even unto death. It was God's own plan that fighting did not take place because in Mecca there lived true and sincere Muslims whom believers did not know, and some of whom would have unwittingly been killed, though disbelievers also would certainly have suffered a crushing defeat, since it is God's unalterable law that disbelief should suffer defeat when it is face to face with belief. Next, the hypocrites and the laggers-behind receive a severe rebuke and their hypocrisy is exposed. Whenever they are invited to fight in the cause of God, the Surah says, they invent false excuses to justify their tarrying behind, but by their foolish subterfuges they deceive no one but themselves, and their false excuses would not save them from Divine punishment that is in store for them. Towards the close, the Surah reverts to the subject that not only would the Treaty of Hudaibiyyah prove a great victory but other victories would also follow in its wake, and the neighbouring countries would fall to the victorious arms of Muslims, because it is decreed in the heavens that Islam, being the last Divine Message, should prevail over all religions and mankind should worship one God and follow one Prophet. 2936