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Al-Fath (The Victory)

Verse 20of 29

وَعَدَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ مَغَانِمَ كَثِيرَةًۭ تَأْخُذُونَهَا فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمْ هَٰذِهِۦ وَكَفَّ أَيْدِىَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَنكُمْ وَلِتَكُونَ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ صِرَٰطًۭا مُّسْتَقِيمًۭا﴿٢٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Allah has promised you much booty that you will take [in the future] and has hastened for you this [victory] and withheld the hands of people from you - that it may be a sign for the believers and [that] He may guide you to a straight path.

Word-by-word meaning

وَعَدَكُمُwaʿadakumuAllah has promised you
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has promised you
مَغَانِمَmaghānimaspoils of war
كَثِيرَةًۭkathīratanmuch
تَأْخُذُونَهَاtakhudhūnahāthat you will take it
فَعَجَّلَfaʿajjalaand He has hastened
لَكُمْlakumfor you
هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihithis
وَكَفَّwakaffaand has withheld
أَيْدِىَaydiya(the) hands
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
عَنكُمْʿankumfrom you
وَلِتَكُونَwalitakūnathat it may be
ءَايَةًۭāyatana sign
لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers
وَيَهْدِيَكُمْwayahdiyakumand He may guide you
صِرَٰطًۭاṣirāṭan(to the) Path
مُّسْتَقِيمًۭاmus'taqīmanStraight

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Good News of abundant Spoils of WarMujahid said that Allah's statement,وَعَدَكُمُ اللَّهُ مَغَانِمَ كَثِيرَةً تَأْخُذُونَهَا(Allah has promised you abundant spoils that you will capture,) refers to the spoils that Muslims earned up until this time, while,فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمْ هَـذِهِ(and He has hastened for you this,) means, the conquest of Khaybar. Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said,فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمْ هَـذِهِ(and He has hastened for you this,) means, "The peace treaty of Al-Hudaybiyyah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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