The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 53
PT. 26 AL-FATH CH. 48 وَأُخْرَى لَمْ تَقْدِرُوْا عَلَيْهَا قَدْ أَحَاطَ And He has promised you. 22 another victory, which you have اللهُ بِهَا وَكَانَ الله عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرًا not yet achieved, but Allah has surely compassed it. And Allah has power over all things. 3831 وَلَوْقْتَلَكُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوَلَّوا And if those who disbelieve. 23 should fight you, they would الْاَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا certainly turn their backs; then وَلَا نَصِيرًا they would find neither protector nor helper. 3832 سُنَّةَ اللهِ الَّتِي قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَنْ Such has ever been the law. 24 تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللهِ تَبْدِيلًا of Allah; and thou shalt not find any change in the law of Allah. 3833 وَهُوَ الَّذِي كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ And He it is Who withheld. 25 their hands from you and your وَايْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ بَعْدِ hands from them in the valley of Mecca, after He had given "17:78; 33:63; 35:44. the hands of Muslims in the conquests which followed the victory at Khaibar, in the rest of Arabia and the neighbouring countries, but the words "He has given you this in advance," evidently refer to the spoils gained at Khaibar. The words is may also signify the good things of the present life. The words, "has restrained the hands of men from you", mean that the Treaty of Hudaibiyyah had ushered in a period of peace for Muslims. 3831. Commentary: The verse embodies a prophecy that Muslims will achieve other great victories after the victory of Khaibar. 3832. Commentary: The verse purports to say that whenever true believers will stand facing disbelievers in battle array, the disbelievers would suffer defeat. The verse may also mean that if fighting had broken out at Hudaibiyyah the disbelievers would certainly have suffered defeat. 2949 3833. Commentary: The verse means that it has always been the Law of God that truth must ultimately triumph and falsehood suffer defeat; and God's Law knows no change. This fact is writ large on the face of human history.