ليحق الحق ويبطل الباطل ولو كره المجرمون (8:8) بالانجليزي

(8:8) that He might prove the truth to be true and the false to be false, however averse the evil-doers might be to it. *7

Tafseer Abu-al-A'la Maududi

Page 177 English Traditional

*7). This gives some idea of the prevalent situation at the time. As we have said earlier (see above, p. 128), the march of the Quraysh towards Madina meant that only one of the two would survive in Arabia - either Islam or the entrenched system of Jahiliyah (Ignorance). Had the Muslims not taken up the challenge, the very survival of Islam would have been imperilled. But since the Muslims took the initiative and dealt a severe blow to the military strength of the Quraysh it became possible for Islam to consolidate itself and subsequently the forces of Ignorance suffered a succession of humiliating reverses.