The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 52
CH. 48 AL-FATH PT. 26 وَمَغَانِمَ كَثِيرَةً يَّأْخُذُونَهَا وَكَانَ اللهُ And great spoils that they. 20 عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا will take. Allah is Mighty, Wise. 3829 وَعَدَكُمُ اللهُ مَغَانِمَ كَثِيرَةً تَأْخُذُونَهَا Allah has promised you. 21 great spoils that you will take, فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمُ هُذِهِ وَكَفَّ اَيْدِيَ النَّاسِ and He has given you this in advance, and has "restrained the عَنْكُمْ ۚ وَلِتَكُوْنَ آيَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ hands of men from you that it وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ صِرَاطًا مُسْتَقِيمَان may be a Sign for the believers, and that He may guide you on a right path. 3830 a5:12. of expedition against the Jews Khaibar (a great hotbed of Jewish intrigue and conspiracy) with those Muslims who were with him at Hudaibiyyah. Judged by worldly standards of political strategy, and in view of the apparently humiliating terms of the Treaty and of the feeling of frustration that some of the Companions felt at those terms, the Holy Prophet should have been a beaten and embittered man, yet God has styled the Treaty "a clear victory" (v. 2), "a grand achievement" (v. 6); "a mighty reward" (v. 11); and "the completion and perfection of His favour on the Prophet" (v. 3). What was it that made this "humiliating" Treaty such a significant event in the annals of Islam? The answer is: Because it opened the floodgates of spiritual and political conquests for Islam. The signing of the Treaty of Hudaibiyyah was immediately followed by the conquest of Khaibar, a Jewish stronghold and a source of great danger and anxiety for Muslims. Besides, the Islamic Republic at Medina came to be recognized as an independent sovereign state, and within the brief space of three or four years the whole of Arabia was at the feet of the Holy Prophet, followed by a chain of victories which culminated in the defeat and destruction of the great and powerful Byzantine and Iranian Empires. 3829. Commentary: "Great Spoils" may refer to the great gains which the Muslims got as a result of the "near victory" promised in the preceding verse. The repeated mention in the Surah of the Divine attributes "Mighty," "Wise" and "Powerful over all things" 2948 seems to signify that the seemingly humiliating Treaty of Hudaibiyyah proved a source of great power for Muslims, as it had been signed by the obedience Prophet in to God's command Who is Mighty, Wise and Powerful. 3830. Commentary: "Great Spoils" mentioned here may refer to the great booty which fell into