Al-Fatḥ
الفتح"The Victory"
- Number
- 48 of 114
- Verses
- 29
- Revealed
- Madinah
The treaty of Ḥudaybiyyah — a defeat that became a victory.
24 passages reference this surah
From 16 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics
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"Sayf ibn Umar said: The conquest of Caesarea and the conquest of Egypt were in the year sixteen. Ibn Jarir said: As for the conquest of Caesarea, it has been related; as for the conquest of Egypt, I will mention it under the year twenty, if God Most High wills."
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"Al-Waqidi and Abu Ma'shar said: In it was the conquest of Istakhr and Hamadan. Sayf said: Its conquest was after the second conquest of Tawwaj. Then he mentioned that the one who conquered Tawwaj was Mujashi ibn Mas'ud, after making a great slaughter among the Persians and taking abundant booty from them; then he imposed the jizya on its people and concluded the covenant with them,"
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"The conquest of Caesarea was in this year, with Mu'awiya as its commander. Others said Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan. It has been related that Mu'awiya conquered it two years before this. Muhammad ibn Ishaq said the conquest of Caesarea in Palestine, the flight of Heraclius and the conquest of Egypt were in the year twenty."
Yusha, al-Khidr & Ilyas
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"However, their claim that this was during the conquest of Jericho is questionable. It is more likely, and Allah knows best, that this occurred during the conquest of the Temple Mount, which was the ultimate goal, and the conquest of"
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"I am commanded. Oh Allah, hold it back for me just a little. So the sun was held back until Allah granted him victory. They gathered the spoils of their victory, but when the fire came to consume it, it refused. He asked, is there"
Volume One
Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn
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"It is in this that the ranks of scholars differ, to the extent that a thousand may be counted as one. Consider the understanding of اِبْن عَبَّاس when عُمَر and those present from the people of بَدْر and others asked him about the chapter "When the victory of اللّٰه has come and the conquest." اِبْن عَبَّاس understood from it that it was اللّٰه's announcement of the Prophet's impending death, and عُمَر agreed with him on this, while it was hidden from the rest of the companions."
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"Indeed, He was to them Kind and Merciful." Thus, He made repentance the beginning and the end of their affair. In the chapter of the demise of the Messenger of اللّٰه, peace be upon him, which is the last chapter revealed, He said: "When the victory of اللّٰه has come and the conquest, and you see the people entering into the religion of اللّٰه in multitudes, then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him."
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"After the revelation of "When the victory of اللّٰه has come and the conquest," he would say in his prayers, "Glory be to You, O اللّٰه, our Lord, and with Your praise, O اللّٰه, forgive me." It is authentically reported that he said, "None of you will be saved by his deeds." When asked, "Not even you, O Messenger of اللّٰه?" he replied, "Not even me, unless اللّٰه envelops me in His mercy and grace.""
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics
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"Then God sealed them with Muhammad, and He made them the middle nation. He gave them victory through those who followed them, and gave them victory over all others, until God took His Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. Then Satan rode among them the mount he had brought down upon him, and took them by their hands, and sought their destruction."
al-Fawāʾid — Points of Benefit, Volume One
Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics
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"A chapter: when the Messenger of God emerged from the siege of the enemy, he entered the siege of victory. So the hands of his raiding parties played freely with victory in every quarter, and his fame took wing to the horizons, until mankind stood toward him in three divisions: a believer in him, one at peace with him, and one in dread of him."
Uthman ibn Affan
Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics
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"Then Came the Year Twenty-Eight The Conquest of Cyprus In it Ibn Jarir, following al-Waqidi, mentioned the conquest of Cyprus. It is an island in the sea to the west of the lands of Syria, standing on its own, with a long tail stretching toward the coast on the side of Damascus, and its western part is its widest."
Volume Two
Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn
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"اللّٰه has written in the Preserved Tablet that they will be defeated in this encounter, and that victory is for the armies of الإِسْلَام." He said that some of the leaders and soldiers were given a taste of victory's sweetness before they even went out to meet the"
Volume 3 — The Sīrah: From the First Revelation to Badr
Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya
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"Then the verse was revealed, If you seek victory, then indeed victory has come to you. Ibn Abbas explained regarding the verse, And when Allah promised you one of the two groups that it would be yours, that the caravan of the people of Mecca was approaching Syria,"
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"hands, asking Allah for victory and what he had promised him, he said, O Allah, if they prevail over this group, then polytheism will prevail and no religion will stand for you. Abu Bakr said, By Allah, Allah will surely grant you victory and will make your face"
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"with His victory, making them appear in the eyes of the disbelievers as weaker than them, until they became weakened and defeated. For this reason it is said, And Allah supports with His victory whom He wills. Indeed, in that is a lesson for those of vision."
Book 20: The Book of the Prophetic Character
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
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"He was offered victory with the polytheists over the polytheists while he was in need and had few supporters, yet he refused and said, "I will not seek victory with a polytheist. He found one of his noble companions and the best among them killed among the Jews,"
Volume Two: From India to the Lands of the West
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
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"Tariq or the mountain of victory, due to this being the starting point of the conquest. The remnants of the wall built by him and his companions remain to this day, known as the wall of the Arabs. I observed it during my stay, during the siege of Algeciras, may"
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"called Balm, with Fath on the connected B and Fath on the L, which belongs to the noble Sharif Nasir al-Din Muttar al-Uri, one of the Sultan's close confidants and highly favoured by him. The next day we arrived at the capital city of Delhi, the stronghold"
Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā
Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya
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"However, the mention of this event during the conquest of Jericho is uncertain. It is more plausible, and Allah knows best, that it occurred during the conquest of the Holy House, which was the ultimate goal, with Jericho being a step towards it."
Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
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"ate, the rest were executing the captives. Following this victory, he returned to his throne. God granted victory to the Sunnah at his hands, and extinguished the fire of strife. This event occurred after my departure from India in the year 48."
The Garden of the Gnostics
Imam al-Nawawī · Timeless Classics
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"Our scholars and others have differed in the meaning of no migration after the conquest. Some say it means no migration from Mecca since it became the abode of Islam. Others interpret it as no migration after the conquest with complete merit."
al-Fawāʾid — Points of Benefit, Volume Two
Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics
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""Truly We have granted you a manifest victory, that God may forgive you what has gone before of your sin and what came after, and complete His favour upon you, and guide you upon a straight path, and that He may grant you victory —"
The Disease and The Cure
Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics
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"pleased with him, would seek victory over his enemy through it and considered it his greatest force. He would say to the companions, you are not given victory because of numbers, but rather from the heavens. He would say, I do not"
Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia
Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya
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"in the depths of sand. There is no victory like the victory of the best of people, and I tie a cord from your cords to my own, and I bear witness that there is nothing but Allah. I adhere to what weighs down my feet in sandals."
Books referenced
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Ibn Kathir · 10h 27m
The Story of Yusha, Khidr & Ilyas
Ibn Kathir · 1h 4m
Volume One
Ibn al-Qayyim · 18h 43m
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Ibn Kathir · 6h 10m
al-Fawāʾid
Ibn al-Qayyim · 6h 03m
Uthman ibn Affan
Ibn Kathir · 5h 37m
Volume Two
Ibn al-Qayyim · 11h 33m
First Revelation to Badr
Ibn Kathir · 15h 55m