Surah Al-Fath — Verse 24

The Victory · 48:24 · 24/29

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُم بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا

Wahuwa allathee kaffa aydiyahumAAankum waaydiyakum AAanhum bibatni makkata min baAAdi anathfarakum AAalayhim wakana Allahubima taAAmaloona baseera

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And it is He who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them within [the area of] Makkah after He caused you to overcome them. And ever is Allāh, of what you do, Seeing.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

In the valley of Mecca it was He who held their hands back from you and your hands back from them after He gave you the advantage over them––God sees all that you do.

Marmaduke Pickthall

And He it is Who hath withheld men's hands from you, and hath withheld your hands from them, in the valley of Mecca, after He had made you victors over them. Allah is Seer of what ye do.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And it is He Who has restrained their hands from you and your hands from them in the midst of Makka, after that He gave you the victory over them. And Allah sees well all that ye do.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And He is the One who restrained their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of Makkah after He had let you prevail over them, and Allah is watchful over what you do.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And He it is Who has withheld their hands from you and your hands from them in the midst of Makkah, after He had made you victors over them. And Allâh is Ever the All-Seer of what you do.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

He it is Who restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them in the valley of Makkah, even though He had made you victorious against them. Allah was watching all that you did.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

And He it is who, in the valley of Mecca, stayed their hands from you, and your hands from them, after He had enabled you to vanquish them; and God saw indeed what you were doing.

Rowwad · source edition

It is He Who restrained their hands from you and your hands from them near Makkah[13], after giving you the upper hand over them. And Allah is All-Seeing of what you do.

Notes

[13] A group of pagans of Makkah who were around eighty people came to attack the Muslims in Hudaybiyyah on their way to Makkah, but Muslims were able to take them as captives, then released them.

Noor International · source edition

(24) And it is He who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them within [the area of] Makkah after He caused you to overcome them. And ever is Allāh, of what you do, Seeing.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

24. And He it is Who has withheld their hands from you and your hands from them in the midst of Makkah, after He had made you victors over them. And Allâh is Ever the All-Seer of what you do.

Reason for Revelation Asbāb al-Nuzūl

Arabic source: al-Wāḥidī / al-Suyūṭī, via Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies (CC BY 4.0)

قال تعالى: {وَهُوَ الَّذِي كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا (24)} [الفتح: 24].

277 - عَنْ أَنَسٍ -رضي الله عنه- أَنَّ ثَمَانِينَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، هَبَطُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَأَصْحَابِهِ مِنْ جَبَلِ التَّنْعِيمِ، عِنْدَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ، فَأَخَذَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- سِلْمًا، فَعَفَا عَنْهُمْ، وَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ: {وَهُوَ الَّذِي كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ}. واللفظ لأحمد ¬أخرجه مسلم برقم: 1808، والترمذي برقم: 3264، وأبو داود برقم: 2688، والنسائي في التفسير برقم: 530، والكبرى برقم: 8667، 11510، وأحمد: 3/ 122، 125، 124، 290 والبيهقي في الدلائل: 4/ 141، والسنن: 6/ 318، والواحدي في الأسباب: ص 399 برقم: 751، وابن جرير: 26/ 94، وزاد عزوه في الدر: 6/ 75 لابن أبي شيبة وعبد بن حميد وابن المنذر وابن مردويه.

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