About the Surah
Surah Title : الفتح
English Title : Al-Fath
Order in Al-Mushaf : 48
Number of Verses : 29
Type : madinah
Page Number in Al-Mushaf : From Page 511 To Page 515
Al-Fath
بَلۡ ظَنَنتُمۡ أَن لَّن يَنقَلِبَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِيهِمۡ أَبَدٗا وَزُيِّنَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي قُلُوبِكُمۡ وَظَنَنتُمۡ ظَنَّ ٱلسَّوۡءِ وَكُنتُمۡ قَوۡمَۢا بُورٗا
12“In fact, your thinking was that the Messenger (may Allah’s peace and bless-ings be upon him) and the believers would never return to their families (i.e. the idolaters will kill them all). This thinking was greatly appealing to your hearts and you had an evil thought in your mind. In fact, you people deserved destruction.”
12The reason for descending the verse
At that timea rumourwas being spread that ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan (as a delegation of the Prophet to Makkah) was killed by the Quraish. There arouse a sense of solidarity amongst the believers and they were determined to fight against them. They gave a pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (s.a.w), so that Uthman was returned by the Quraish to them safely; then later there wasthe peace treaty of Hudaibiyyah. (Muhammad Sayyid Kaelani, Ainul Yaqin fi Sirati’l Mustaqim: 88)
