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Al-Fath (The Victory)

Verse 18of 29

۞ لَّقَدْ رَضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ فَعَلِمَ مَا فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَأَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَثَٰبَهُمْ فَتْحًۭا قَرِيبًۭا﴿١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Certainly was Allah pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you, [O Muhammad], under the tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquillity upon them and rewarded them with an imminent conquest

Word-by-word meaning

۞ لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
رَضِىَraḍiyaAllah was pleased
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah was pleased
عَنِʿaniwith
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
إِذْidhwhen
يُبَايِعُونَكَyubāyiʿūnakathey pledged allegiance to you
تَحْتَtaḥtaunder
ٱلشَّجَرَةِl-shajaratithe tree
فَعَلِمَfaʿalimaand He knew
مَاwhat
فِى(was) in
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
فَأَنزَلَfa-anzalaso He sent down
ٱلسَّكِينَةَl-sakīnatathe tranquility
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
وَأَثَـٰبَهُمْwa-athābahumand rewarded them
فَتْحًۭاfatḥan(with) a victory
قَرِيبًۭاqarībannear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Good News to the Participants of the Ridwan Pledge of Allah's Pleasure and earning Spoils of WarAllah declares that He is pleased with the believers who gave the pledge to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ under the tree. We mentioned the number of these believers as being one thousand and four hundred and that the tree was a Samurah tree, located in the area of Hudaybiyyah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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