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 Surah At-Tawbah 9:25-27 [4/16] ↕
  
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لَقَدْVerily,
نَصَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُAllah helped you
فِىin
مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍ‌ۙmany regions,
وَيَوْمَand (on the) day
حُنَيْنٍ‌ۙ(of) Hunain,
إِذْwhen
أَعْجَبَتْكُمْpleased you
كَثْرَتُكُمْyour multitude,
فَلَمْbut not
تُغْنِavailed
عَنكُمْyou
شَيْــًٔاanything
وَضَاقَتْand (was) straitened
عَلَيْكُمُfor you
ٱلْأَرْضُthe earth
بِمَا رَحُبَتْ(in spite) of its vastness,
ثُمَّthen
وَلَّيْتُمyou turned back,
مُّدْبِرِينَfleeing.
﴿٢٥﴾
ثُمَّThen
أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُAllah sent down
سَكِينَتَهُۥHis tranquility
عَلَىٰon
رَسُولِهِۦHis Messenger,
وَعَلَىand on
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَthe believers
وَأَنزَلَand sent down
جُنُودًاforces,
لَّمْ تَرَوْهَاwhich you did not see
وَعَذَّبَand He punished
ٱلَّذِينَthose who
كَفَرُواْ‌ۚdisbelieved.
وَذَٲلِكَAnd that
جَزَآءُ(is) the recompense
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ(of) the disbelievers.
﴿٢٦﴾
ثُمَّThen
يَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُAllah accepts repentance
مِنۢ بَعْدِafter
ذَٲلِكَthat
عَلَىٰfor
مَنwhom
يَشَآءُ‌ۗHe wills.
وَٱللَّهُAnd Allah
غَفُورٌ(is) Oft-Forgiving,
رَّحِيمٌMost Merciful.
﴿٢٧﴾

لَـقَدۡ نَصَرَكُمُ اللّٰهُ فِىۡ مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيۡرَةٍ​ ۙ وَّيَوۡمَ حُنَيۡنٍ​ ۙ اِذۡ اَعۡجَبَـتۡكُمۡ كَثۡرَتُكُمۡ فَلَمۡ تُغۡنِ عَنۡكُمۡ شَيۡـئًـا وَّضَاقَتۡ عَلَيۡكُمُ الۡاَرۡضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتۡ ثُمَّ وَلَّـيۡتُمۡ مُّدۡبِرِيۡنَ​ۚ‏  ثُمَّ اَنۡزَلَ اللّٰهُ سَكِيۡنَـتَهٗ عَلٰى رَسُوۡلِهٖ وَعَلَى الۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ وَاَنۡزَلَ جُنُوۡدًا لَّمۡ تَرَوۡهَا​ ۚ وَعَذَّبَ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا​ ؕ وَذٰ لِكَ جَزَآءُ الۡـكٰفِرِيۡنَ‏  ثُمَّ يَتُوۡبُ اللّٰهُ مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ ذٰ لِكَ عَلٰى مَنۡ يَّشَآءُ ​ؕ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُوۡرٌ رَّحِيۡمٌ‏ 
Translation
[9:25] Surely Allah has succoured you before on many a battlefield, and (you have yourselves witnessed His succour to you)23 on the day of Hunayn when your numbers made you proud, but they did you no good, and the earth, for all its vastness, constrained you, and you turned your backs in retreat. [9:26] Then Allah caused His tranquillity to descend upon His Messenger and upon the believers, and He sent down hosts whom you did not see, and chastised those who disbelieved. Such is the recompense of those who deny the Truth. [9:27] Then (after so chastising the unbelievers), Allah enables, whomsoever He wills, to repent.24 Allah is All-Forgiving, All-Merciful.
Commentary

23. This has been mentioned to allay the fears of those who were afraid of the consequences of the declaration of the abrogation of the treaties, as if to say, “Why are you afraid of war.” That Allah, Who helped you in far worse and dangerous situations on so many occasions before this, is there even now to help you. Had this mission depended on your might, it could not have come out victorious in the hard trials at Makkah, nor in the battle of Badr when the odds were heavily against you. This is because Allah’s power has been helping you, and past experiences have shown you how effective that power is. Rest assured that the same power will help you to succeed in your mission.

The battle of Hunain had taken place in the valley of Hunain between Taaif and Makkah in the month of Shawwal A.H. 8, a year or so before the revelation of this discourse. This was the first battle in which the Muslim army consisted of 12,000 fighters and this far outnumbered the army of the disbelievers. But in spite of this the archers of the Hawazin clan wrought havoc among the Muslim army and put them to rout. The Prophet (peace be upon him) and a few of his bravest companions, however, firmly stood their ground and rallied the routed army, and ultimately won the victory. It was because of their perseverance that the army reassembled and the Muslims ultimately won the victory; otherwise they would have lost much more at Hunain than they had gained by the conquest of Makkah.

24. “Allah will accept repentance” refers to the large number of the disbelievers who embraced Islam after the victory at Hunain as a result of the kind and generous treatment they received from the Prophet (peace be upon him), in spite of their former antagonism. This was mentioned to allay the anxiety of those new Muslims who feared that, as a result of the declaration, all of their mushrik relatives would be put to death. (E.N. 16). They have been told to expect, in the light of the previous experiences, that the mushriks would be obliged to accept Islam, when they realize that neither any hope of the revival of the order of ignorance was left nor of any props to support it.