Surah Anfal ayat 63 Tafsir Quran 8:63

﴿وَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ ۚ لَوْ أَنفَقْتَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مَّا أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ﴾
[ الأنفال: 63]

8:63 And brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together; but Allah brought them together. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might and Wise.

and reconciled brought together their hearts after old feuds had divided them. Had you expended all that is in the earth you could not have reconciled their hearts but God reconciled their hearts through His power. Truly He is Mighty His way prevailing Wise nothing being beyond the scope of His wisdom.

And it is He Who united their feeling and thought, their action and interest and their purpose, and caused their spiritual union with Allah. It is He Who made them reconcile themselves with their own hearts and with Allah. Had you spent all the available wealth on earth for this purpose, you would have failed to tune their hearts to one thought. But Allah brought this unison by tuning their frame of mind, their mood and their disposition; Allah is indeed Azizun and Hakimun

The Command to Facilitate Peace when the Enemy seeks a Peaceful Resolution Allah says, if you fear betrayal from a clan of people, then sever the peace treaty with them, so that you both are on equal terms.
If they continue being hostile and opposing you, then fight them, وَإِن جَنَحُواْ ( But if they incline ), and seek, لِلسَّلْمِ ( to peace ), if they resort to reconciliation, and seek a treaty of non-hostility, فَاجْنَحْ لَهَا ( you also incline to it ), and accept offers of peace from them.
This is why when the pagans inclined to peace in the year of Hudaybiyah and sought cessation of hostilities for nine years, between them and the Messenger of Allah he accepted this from them, as well as, accepting other terms of peace they brought forth.
`Abdullah bin Al-Imam Ahmad recorded that `Ali bin Abi Talib said that the Messenger of Allah said,
«إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ بَعْدِي اخْتِلَافٌ أَوْ أَمْرٌ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ يَكُونَ السِّلْمَ فَافْعَل»
( There will be disputes after me, so if you have a way to end them in peace, then do so. ) Allah said next, وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ ( and trust in Allah.
) Allah says, conduct a peace treaty with those who incline to peace, and trust in Allah.
Verily, Allah will suffice for you and aid you even if they resort to peace as a trick, so that they gather and reorganize their forces, فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ اللَّهُ ( then verily, Allah is All-Sufficient for you ). Reminding the Believers of Allah's Favor of uniting Them Allah mentioned His favor on the Prophet , in that He aided him with believers, the Muhajirin and the Ansar, هُوَ الَّذِى أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِ وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَوَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ ( He it is Who has supported you with His help and with the believers.
And He has united their hearts. ) The Ayah says, `it is Allah who gathered the believers' hearts, believing, obeying, aiding and supporting you -- O Muhammad,' لَوْ أَنفَقْتَ مَا فِى الاٌّرْضِ جَمِيعاً مَّآ أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ ( If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts. ) because of the enmity and hatred that existed between them.
Before Islam, there were many wars between the Ansar tribes of Aws and Khazraj, and there were many causes to stir unrest between them.
However, Allah ended all that evil with the light of faith, وَاذْكُرُواْ نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنتُم أَعْدَآءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَاناً وَكُنتُمْ عَلَى شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِّنَ النَّارِ فَأَنقَذَكُمْ مِّنْهَا كَذلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَـتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ( And remember Allah's favor on you, for you were enemies one to another, but He united your hearts, so that, by His grace, you became brethren, and you were on the brink of a pit of Fire, and He saved you from it.
Thus Allah makes His Ayat clear to you, that you may be guided. ) 3:103 In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave a speech to the Ansar about the division of war booty collected in the battle of Hunayn, he said to them,
«يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَلَمْ أَجِدْكُمْ ضُلَّالًا فَهَدَاكُمُ اللهُ بِي، وَعَالَةً فَأَغْنَاكُمُ اللهُ بِي، وَكُنْتُمْ مُتَفَرِّقِينَ فَأَلَّفَكُمُ اللهُ بِي»
( O Ansar! Did I not find you misguided and Allah guided you by me, poor and Allah enriched you by me, and divided and Allah united you by me ) Every question the Prophet asked them, they said, "Truly, the favor is from Allah and His Messenger." Allah said, وَلَـكِنَّ اللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِنَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ( But Allah has united them.
Certainly He is All-Mighty, All-Wise. ) He is the Most Formidable, and the hopes of those who have trust in Him, never end unanswered; Allah is All-Wise in all of His decisions and actions.

(8:63) and joined their hearts. Had you given away all the riches of the earth you could not have joined their hearts, but it is Allah Who joined their hearts. *46 Indeed He is All-Mighty. All-Wise.

And brought together their hearts. If you meaning

*46).
Here the allusion is to that strong bond of love and brotherhood that developed among the Arabs who embraced Islam and whose conversion brought them solidarity.
This strong solidarity existed despite the fact that they came from a variety of tribes which had long-standing traditions of mutual enmity.
This was a special favour of God on the Muslims, especially evident in the case of the Aws and Khazraj.
It was barely a couple of years before their acceptance of Islam that the two clans virtually thirsted for each other's blood.
During the battle of Bu'ath both seemed set to exterminate each other.
( Ibn Hisham, vol.
1.
pp.
427-8-Ed. ) To turn such severe enmity into deep cordiality and brotherhood within a span of two or three years and to join together mutually repellent elements into a unity as firm as that of a solid wall as was witnessed in regards to the Muslim community during the life of Prophet ( peace be upon him ) was doubtlessly beyond the power of any mortal.
Were anyone to depend on worldly factors alone, it would have been impossible to bring about such an achievement.
God's support was the deciding factor in this development and this only serves to emphasize that Muslims should always seek and depend on God's support and favour rather than on worldly factors.

 

The Command to Facilitate Peace when the Enemy seeks a Peaceful Resolution Allah says, if you fear betrayal from a clan of people, then sever the peace treaty with them, so that you both are on equal terms.
If they continue being hostile and opposing you, then fight them, وَإِن جَنَحُواْ ( But if they incline ), and seek, لِلسَّلْمِ ( to peace ), if they resort to reconciliation, and seek a treaty of non-hostility, فَاجْنَحْ لَهَا ( you also incline to it ), and accept offers of peace from them.
This is why when the pagans inclined to peace in the year of Hudaybiyah and sought cessation of hostilities for nine years, between them and the Messenger of Allah he accepted this from them, as well as, accepting other terms of peace they brought forth.
`Abdullah bin Al-Imam Ahmad recorded that `Ali bin Abi Talib said that the Messenger of Allah said, «إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ بَعْدِي اخْتِلَافٌ أَوْ أَمْرٌ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ يَكُونَ السِّلْمَ فَافْعَل» ( There will be disputes after me, so if you have a way to end them in peace, then do so. ) Allah said next, وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ ( and trust in Allah.
) Allah says, conduct a peace treaty with those who incline to peace, and trust in Allah.
Verily, Allah will suffice for you and aid you even if they resort to peace as a trick, so that they gather and reorganize their forces, فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ اللَّهُ ( then verily, Allah is All-Sufficient for you ). Reminding the Believers of Allah's Favor of uniting Them Allah mentioned His favor on the Prophet , in that He aided him with believers, the Muhajirin and the Ansar, هُوَ الَّذِى أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِ وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَوَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ ( He it is Who has supported you with His help and with the believers.
And He has united their hearts. ) The Ayah says, `it is Allah who gathered the believers' hearts, believing, obeying, aiding and supporting you -- O Muhammad,' لَوْ أَنفَقْتَ مَا فِى الاٌّرْضِ جَمِيعاً مَّآ أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ ( If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts. ) because of the enmity and hatred that existed between them.
Before Islam, there were many wars between the Ansar tribes of Aws and Khazraj, and there were many causes to stir unrest between them.
However, Allah ended all that evil with the light of faith, وَاذْكُرُواْ نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنتُم أَعْدَآءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَاناً وَكُنتُمْ عَلَى شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِّنَ النَّارِ فَأَنقَذَكُمْ مِّنْهَا كَذلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَـتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ( And remember Allah's favor on you, for you were enemies one to another, but He united your hearts, so that, by His grace, you became brethren, and you were on the brink of a pit of Fire, and He saved you from it.
Thus Allah makes His Ayat clear to you, that you may be guided. ) 3:103 In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave a speech to the Ansar about the division of war booty collected in the battle of Hunayn, he said to them, «يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَلَمْ أَجِدْكُمْ ضُلَّالًا فَهَدَاكُمُ اللهُ بِي، وَعَالَةً فَأَغْنَاكُمُ اللهُ بِي، وَكُنْتُمْ مُتَفَرِّقِينَ فَأَلَّفَكُمُ اللهُ بِي» ( O Ansar! Did I not find you misguided and Allah guided you by me, poor and Allah enriched you by me, and divided and Allah united you by me ) Every question the Prophet asked them, they said, "Truly, the favor is from Allah and His Messenger." Allah said, وَلَـكِنَّ اللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِنَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ( But Allah has united them.
Certainly He is All-Mighty, All-Wise. ) He is the Most Formidable, and the hopes of those who have trust in Him, never end unanswered; Allah is All-Wise in all of His decisions and actions.

( And (as for the believers ) hath attuned their hearts) he united their hearts and word by means of Islam. ( If thou hadst spent all that is in the earth ) of gold and silver ( thou couldst not have attuned their hearts ) or their word, ( but Allah hath attuned them ) He united their hearts by means of faith. ( Lo! He is Mighty ) in His kingdom and sovereignty, ( Wise ) in His command and decree.

And He has united their (i.e. believers') hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts, but Allah has united them. Certainly He is All-Mighty, All-Wise.

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