Surah Nasr ayat 3 Tafsir Quran 110:3

﴿فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا﴾
[ النصر: 3]

110:3 Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of repentance.

then glorify with praise of your Lord that is continuously praising Him and seek forgiveness from Him; for verily He is ever ready to relent. The Prophet s after this sūra had been revealed would frequently repeat the words subhāna’Llāhi wa bi-hamdihi ‘Glory and praise be to God’ and astaghfiru’Llāha wa-atūbu ilayhi ‘I seek forgiveness from God and I repent to Him’; with the revelation of this final sūra he realised that his end was near. The victory over Mecca was in Ramadān of year 8; the Prophet s passed away in Rabī‘ I of the year 10.

Then praise Allah, your Creator, and extoll His attributes and accord, and invoke His forgiveness and concord, for indeed, He always accepts repentance and the atonements made by the people

The Virtues of Surat An-Nasr It has been mentioned previously that it ( Surat An-Nasr ) is equivalent to one-fourth of the Qur'an and that Surat Az-Zalzalah is equivalent to one-fourth of the Qur'an.
An-Nasa'i recorded from `Ubaydullah bin `Abdullah bin `Utbah that Ibn `Abbas said to him, "O Ibn `Utbah! Do you know the last Surah of the Qur'an that was revealed" He answered, "Yes, it was إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ ( When there comes the help of Allah and the Conquest. ) ( 110:1 )" He ( Ibn `Abbas ) He ( Ibn `Abbas ) said, "You have spoken truthfully." بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This Surah informs of the Completion of the Life of Allah's Messenger ﷺ Al-Bukhari recorded from Ibn `Abbas that he said, "Umar used to bring me into the gatherings with the old men of ( the battle of ) Badr.
However, it was as if one of them felt something in himself ( against my attending ).
So he said, `Why do you ( `Umar ) bring this ( youth ) to sit with us when we have children like him ( i.e., his age )' So `Umar replied, `Verily, he is among those whom you know.
Then one day he called them and invited me to sit with them, and I do not think that he invited me to be among them that day except to show them.
So he said, `What do you say about Allah's statement, إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ ( When there comes the help of Allah and the Conquest. )' Some of them said, `We were commanded to praise Allah and seek His forgiveness when He helps us and gives us victory.' Some of them remained silent and did not say anything.
Then he ( `Umar ) said to me, `Is this what you say, O Ibn `Abbas' I said, `No.' He then said, `What do you say' I said, `It was the end of the life of Allah's Messenger ﷺ that Allah was informing him of.
Allah said, إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ ( When there comes the help of Allah and the Conquest. ) which means, that is a sign of the end of your life. فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوِبَا ( So, glorify the praises of your Lord, and ask His forgiveness.
Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and Who forgives. )' So, `Umar bin Al-Khattab said, `I do not know anything about it other than what you have said."' Al-Bukhari was alone in recording this Hadith.
Imam Ahmad recorded from Ibn `Abbas that he said, "When إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ ( When there comes the help of Allah and the Conquest. ) was revealed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«نُعِيَتْ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي»
( My death has been announced to me. ) And indeed he died during that year." Ahmad was alone in recording this Hadith.
Al-Bukhari recorded that `A'ishah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say often in his bowing and prostrating,
«سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي»
( Glory to You, O Allah, our Lord, and praise be to You.
O Allah, forgive me. ) He did this as his interpretation of the Qur'an ( i.e., showing its implementation )." The rest of the group has also recorded this Hadith except for At-Tirmidhi.
Imam Ahmad recorded from Masruq that `A'ishah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to often say towards the end of his life,
«سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْه»
( Glory to Allah, and praise be unto Him.
I seek Allah's forgiveness and I repent to Him. ) And he said, «إِنَّ رَبِّي كَانَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنِّي سَأَرَى عَلَامَةً فِي أُمَّتِي، وَأَمَرَنِي إِذَا رَأَيْتُهَا أَنْ أُسَبِّحَ بِحَمْدِهِ وَأَسْتَغْفِرَهُ، إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهَا: إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ - وَرَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِى دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَجاً - فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوِبَا » ( Verily, my Lord has informed me that I will see a sign in my Ummah and He has commanded me that when I see it, I should glorify His praises and seek His forgiveness, for He is the One Who accepts repentance.
And indeed I have seen it (i.e., the sign ).
( When there comes the help of Allah and the Conquest (Al-Fath ).
And you see that the people enter Allah's religion in crowds.
So glorify the praises of your Lord, and ask His forgiveness.
Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and Who forgives.))" Muslim also recorded this Hadith.
The meaning of Al-Fath here is the conquest of Makkah, and there is only one view concerning it.
For indeed the different areas of the Arabs were waiting for the conquest of Makkah before they would accept Islam.
They said, "If he ( Muhammad ﷺ is victorious over his people, then he is a (true ) Prophet." So when Allah gave him victory over Makkah, they entered into the religion of Allah ( Islam ) in crowds.
Thus, two years did not pass ( after the conquest of Makkah ) before the peninsula of the Arabs was laden with faith.
And there did not remain any of the tribes of the Arabs except that they professed ( their acceptance ) of Islam.
And all praise and blessings are due to Allah.
Al-Bukhari recorded in his Sahih that `Amr bin Salamah said, "When Makkah was conquered, all of the people rushed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to profess their Islam.
The various regions were delaying their acceptance of Islam until Makkah was conquered.
The people used to say, `Leave him and his people alone.
If he is victorious over them he is a ( true ) Prophet."' We have researched the war expedition for conquest of Makkah in our book As-Surah.
Therefore, whoever wishes he may review it there.
And all praise and blessings are due to Allah.Imam Ahmad recorded from Abu `Ammar that a neighbor of Jabir bin `Abdullah told him, "I returned from a journey and Jabir bin `Abdullah came and greeted me.
So I began to talk with him about the divisions among the people and what they had started doing.
Thus, Jabir began to cry and he said, `I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying,
«إِنَّ النَّاسَ دَخَلُوا فِي دِينِ اللهِ أَفْوَاجًا، وَسَيَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ أَفْوَاجًا»
( Verily, the people have entered into the religion of Allah in crowds and they will also leave it in crowds. )" This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat An-Nasr, and all praise and blessings are due to Allah.

(110:3) then extol the praise *3 of your Lord and pray to Him for forgiveness. *4 For He indeed is ever disposed to accept repentance.

Then exalt [Him] with praise of your meaning

*3) Hamd implies praising and hallowing Allah Almighty as well as thanking and paying obeisance to Him; tasbih means to regard Allah as pure and free from every blemish and weakness.
The Holy Prophet was enjoined to do hamd and tasbih of Allah when he witnessed this manifestation of His power.
Here, hamd means that in respect of his great success he should never entertain even a tinge of the idea that it was the result of any excellence of his own, but he should attribute it to Allah's favour and mercy, thank Him alone for it, and acknowledge with the heart and tongue that praise and gratitude for the victory and success belonged to Him alone.
And tasbih means that he should regard Allah as pure and free from the limitation that exaltation of his Word stood in need of his effort and endeavour, or was dependent on it.
On the contrary, his heart should be filled with the faith that the success of his effort and struggle was dependent upon Allah's support and succour.
He could take this service from any of His servants He pleased.
and it was His favour that He had taken it from him, and made His religion meet success through him.
Besides, there is an aspect of wonder also in pronouncing the tasbih, i.e.
Subhan Allah.
When a wonderful incident takes place, one exclaims subhan A/lah, thereby implying that only by Allah's power such a wonderful thing had happened; otherwise no power of the world could have caused it to happen.

*4) " Pray for His forgiveness ": " Pray to your Lord to overlook; and pardon whatever error or weakness you might have shown inadvertently in the performance of the service that He had entrusted to you, " This is the etiquette that Islam has taught to man.
A man might have performed the highest possible service to Allah's Religion, might have offered countless sacrifices in its cause, and might have exerted himself extremely hard in carrying out the rites of His worship, yet he should never entertain the thought that he has fulfilled the right his Lord had on him wholly.
Rather he should always think that he has not been able to fulfil what was required of him, and he should implore Allah, saying: " Lord, overlook and forgive whatever weakness I might have shown in rendering Your right, and accept the little service that I have been able to perform. " When such an etiquette was taught to the Holy Messenger ( upon whom be peace ), none in the world conceivably has toiled and struggled so hard in the cause of Allah as he did, how can another person regard his work as superb and be involved in the misunderstanding that he has fulfilled the right Allah had imposed on him? Allah's right, in fact, is so supreme that no creature can ever fulfil and render it truly and fully.

Allah in this command has taught Muslims an eternal lesson: " Do not regard any of your worship, devotion or religious service as something superb; even if you have expended your entire life in the cause of Allah, you should always think that you could not do all that was required of you by your Lord.
Likewise, when you attain some victory, you should not regard it as a result of some excellence in yourselves but as a result of only Allah's bounty and favour.
Then bowing humbly before your Lord, you should praise and glorify Him, and should repent and beg for His forgiveness instead of boasting and bragging of your success and victory. "

The Virtues of Surat An-Nasr It has been mentioned previously that it ( Surat An-Nasr ) is equivalent to one-fourth of the Qur'an and that Surat Az-Zalzalah is equivalent to one-fourth of the Qur'an.
An-Nasa'i recorded from `Ubaydullah bin `Abdullah bin `Utbah that Ibn `Abbas said to him, "O Ibn `Utbah! Do you know the last Surah of the Qur'an that was revealed" He answered, "Yes, it was إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ ( When there comes the help of Allah and the Conquest. ) ( 110:1 )" He ( Ibn `Abbas ) He ( Ibn `Abbas ) said, "You have spoken truthfully." بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This Surah informs of the Completion of the Life of Allah's Messenger ﷺ Al-Bukhari recorded from Ibn `Abbas that he said, "Umar used to bring me into the gatherings with the old men of ( the battle of ) Badr.
However, it was as if one of them felt something in himself ( against my attending ).
So he said, `Why do you ( `Umar ) bring this ( youth ) to sit with us when we have children like him ( i.e., his age )' So `Umar replied, `Verily, he is among those whom you know.
Then one day he called them and invited me to sit with them, and I do not think that he invited me to be among them that day except to show them.
So he said, `What do you say about Allah's statement, إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ ( When there comes the help of Allah and the Conquest. )' Some of them said, `We were commanded to praise Allah and seek His forgiveness when He helps us and gives us victory.' Some of them remained silent and did not say anything.
Then he ( `Umar ) said to me, `Is this what you say, O Ibn `Abbas' I said, `No.' He then said, `What do you say' I said, `It was the end of the life of Allah's Messenger ﷺ that Allah was informing him of.
Allah said, إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ ( When there comes the help of Allah and the Conquest. ) which means, that is a sign of the end of your life. فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوِبَا ( So, glorify the praises of your Lord, and ask His forgiveness.
Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and Who forgives. )' So, `Umar bin Al-Khattab said, `I do not know anything about it other than what you have said."' Al-Bukhari was alone in recording this Hadith.
Imam Ahmad recorded from Ibn `Abbas that he said, "When إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ ( When there comes the help of Allah and the Conquest. ) was revealed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «نُعِيَتْ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي» ( My death has been announced to me. ) And indeed he died during that year." Ahmad was alone in recording this Hadith.
Al-Bukhari recorded that `A'ishah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say often in his bowing and prostrating, «سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي» ( Glory to You, O Allah, our Lord, and praise be to You.
O Allah, forgive me. ) He did this as his interpretation of the Qur'an ( i.e., showing its implementation )." The rest of the group has also recorded this Hadith except for At-Tirmidhi.
Imam Ahmad recorded from Masruq that `A'ishah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to often say towards the end of his life, «سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْه» ( Glory to Allah, and praise be unto Him.
I seek Allah's forgiveness and I repent to Him. ) And he said, «إِنَّ رَبِّي كَانَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنِّي سَأَرَى عَلَامَةً فِي أُمَّتِي، وَأَمَرَنِي إِذَا رَأَيْتُهَا أَنْ أُسَبِّحَ بِحَمْدِهِ وَأَسْتَغْفِرَهُ، إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهَا: إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ - وَرَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِى دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَجاً - فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوِبَا » ( Verily, my Lord has informed me that I will see a sign in my Ummah and He has commanded me that when I see it, I should glorify His praises and seek His forgiveness, for He is the One Who accepts repentance.
And indeed I have seen it (i.e., the sign ).
( When there comes the help of Allah and the Conquest (Al-Fath ).
And you see that the people enter Allah's religion in crowds.
So glorify the praises of your Lord, and ask His forgiveness.
Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and Who forgives.))" Muslim also recorded this Hadith.
The meaning of Al-Fath here is the conquest of Makkah, and there is only one view concerning it.
For indeed the different areas of the Arabs were waiting for the conquest of Makkah before they would accept Islam.
They said, "If he ( Muhammad ﷺ is victorious over his people, then he is a (true ) Prophet." So when Allah gave him victory over Makkah, they entered into the religion of Allah ( Islam ) in crowds.
Thus, two years did not pass ( after the conquest of Makkah ) before the peninsula of the Arabs was laden with faith.
And there did not remain any of the tribes of the Arabs except that they professed ( their acceptance ) of Islam.
And all praise and blessings are due to Allah.
Al-Bukhari recorded in his Sahih that `Amr bin Salamah said, "When Makkah was conquered, all of the people rushed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to profess their Islam.
The various regions were delaying their acceptance of Islam until Makkah was conquered.
The people used to say, `Leave him and his people alone.
If he is victorious over them he is a ( true ) Prophet."' We have researched the war expedition for conquest of Makkah in our book As-Surah.
Therefore, whoever wishes he may review it there.
And all praise and blessings are due to Allah.Imam Ahmad recorded from Abu `Ammar that a neighbor of Jabir bin `Abdullah told him, "I returned from a journey and Jabir bin `Abdullah came and greeted me.
So I began to talk with him about the divisions among the people and what they had started doing.
Thus, Jabir began to cry and he said, `I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, «إِنَّ النَّاسَ دَخَلُوا فِي دِينِ اللهِ أَفْوَاجًا، وَسَيَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ أَفْوَاجًا» ( Verily, the people have entered into the religion of Allah in crowds and they will also leave it in crowds. )" This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat An-Nasr, and all praise and blessings are due to Allah.

( Then hymn the praises of thy Lord ) pray by the command of your Lord in gratitude for this, ( and seek forgiveness of Him ) from sins. ( Lo! He is ever ready to show mercy ) and forgiving. The Prophet ( pbuh ) was therefore informed in this surah that he was to die soon’.

So glorify the Praises of your Lord, and ask for His Forgiveness. Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and forgives.

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