48:20

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

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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.

Tafsir of "Ibn Kathir" (English)

Good News of abundant Spoils of War Mujahid said that Allah's statement,وَعَدَكُمُ اللَّهُ مَغَانِمَ كَثِيرَةً تَأْخُذُونَهَاAllah has promised you abundant spoils that you will capture,refers to the spoils that Muslims earned up until this time, while,فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمْ هَذِهِand He has hastened for you this,means, the conquest of Khyber.Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn Abbas said, فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمْ هَذِهِ (and He has hastened for you this), means,"The peace treaty of Al-Hudaybiyyah."Allah said,وَكَفَّ أَيْدِيَ النَّاسِ عَنكُمْand He has restrained the hands of men from you,meaning, `no harm that your enemies had planned against you, both fighting and warfare, touched you. Allah also restrained the hands of men, whom you left behind close to your families and children, from harming them,'وَلِتَكُونَ ايَةً لِّلْمُوْمِنِينَthat it may be a sign for the believers,with which they take heed and understand.Verily, Allah the Exalted and Most Honored shall help and protect the believers against all enemies, even though the believers are few in number. By doing so, the believers will come to know that Allah is truly the Knower of the consequences of all matters and that the best decisions are those which He prefers for His believing servants, even though these decisions might look unfavorable outwardly,وَعَسَى أَن تَكْرَهُواْ شَيْيًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْIt may be that you dislike a thing that is good for you. (2:216).Allah said,وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ صِرَاطًا مُّسْتَقِيمًاand that He may guide you to the straight path.i.e. on account of your obeying His commands and adhering by His orders by following the path of His Messenger ,Good News of continuous Muslim Victories until the Day of Resurrection The statement of Allah the Exalted and Most Honored,وَأُخْرَى لَمْ تَقْدِرُوا عَلَيْهَا قَدْ أَحَاطَ اللَّهُ بِهَا وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرًا

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