The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 45
CH. 48 وَيَنْصُرَكَ اللهُ نَصْرًا عَزِيزًا PT. 26 AL-FATH 4. And that Allah may help thee with a mighty help. 3819 هُوَ الَّذِى اَنْزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ فِي He it is Who sent down. 5 tranquillity into the hearts of the قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِيَزْدَادُوا إِيْمَانًا believers that they might add faith to their faith-band to مَّعَ إِيْمَانِهِمْ وَلِلهِ جُنُودُ السَّمَوتِ Allah belong the hosts of the وَالْأَرْضِ وَكَانَ اللهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيْمان heavens and the earth, and Allah is All-Knowing, Wise-3820 a9:26. 33:10; 74:32. against God and man, etc. , would prove to be false, inasmuch as all sorts of people by coming into contact with Muslims would find out the truth about him. Moreover, the context also supports this meaning because grant of a clear victory and the completion of Divine favour upon the Holy Prophet, referred to in this and the preceding verse do not seem to possess any relevance to the forgiveness of sins, if ; be taken to mean a sin. And the expression may also mean "for thy sake". The words "past and present" signify that the charges that have been levelled against the Holy Prophet in the past by the Quraish and those that will be levelled against him in future by his enemies, will all be dispelled and he will stand completely vindicated. The words seem to embody a great prophecy that in some future time the Holy Prophet will be misrepresented and misunderstood but that all misunderstandings will eventually be dissipated and Islam will shine forth in full glory, and its superiority will be established over all rival Faiths. 2941 3819. Commentary: Allah's help came in the form of the rapid spread of Islam in Arabia after the signing of the Treaty of Hudaibiyyah, and the Holy Prophet was acknowledged as the Head of an independent sovereign State. 3820. Commentary: Twice, in this Surah has the statement been made that "God sent down tranquillity upon the believers" (see v. 27) and twice the declaration that "to Allah belong the hosts of the heavens and the earth. " These expressions show that though, due to a misunderstanding about the terms of the Treaty of Hudaibiyyah, the believers were temporarily perturbed, they never lost peace of mind so far as fighting in the cause of Allah was concerned, and were fully convinced that divine hosts were with them. That is why when a false news reached Hudaibiyyah that ‘Uthman, the Prophet's envoy to the Meccans, had been killed, and the Prophet invited Muslims to take a solemn oath at his hand that they would