The Treaty of Ḥudaybiyyah
A truce the Qur'an calls a 'clear victory', opening growth and daʿwah.
Setting out for ʿUmrah, the Muslims were stopped at Ḥudaybiyyah and negotiated a ten-year truce whose terms seemed unfavourable to many companions.
Yet it proved a 'clear victory': peace allowed the message to spread rapidly, and many embraced Islam in the years that followed.
The verses revealed
'Indeed, We have given you a clear conquest'
إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًۭا مُّبِينًۭا ﴿١﴾
Indeed, We have given you, [O Muhammad], a clear conquest
لِّيَغْفِرَ لَكَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنۢبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ وَيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكَ وَيَهْدِيَكَ صِرَٰطًۭا مُّسْتَقِيمًۭا ﴿٢﴾
That Allah may forgive for you what preceded of your sin and what will follow and complete His favor upon you and guide you to a straight path
وَيَنصُرَكَ ٱللَّهُ نَصْرًا عَزِيزًا ﴿٣﴾
And [that] Allah may aid you with a mighty victory.
Reflections
- Patience and far-sighted wisdom over short-term feeling.
Watch on the Seerah
The Life of 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (ra) - TV Series 2012 [English Subtitles] - Part 30
The Life of 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (ra) - TV Series 2012 [English Subtitles] - Part 29
The Life of 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (ra) - TV Series 2012 [English Subtitles] - Part 28
The Life of 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (ra) - TV Series 2012 [English Subtitles] - Part 27
The Life of 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (ra) - TV Series 2012 [English Subtitles] - Part 26
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Source & authenticity · Compiled from standard Seerah works, principally Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar) by S. al-Mubarakpuri. Editorial summaries in our own words; dates per traditional sources. Long-form detail is expanded from vetted sources and under scholarly review.