[9] VERSE 2 & 3 وَرَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي دِينِ...

[9] VERSE 2 & 3 وَرَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا {2} And you see the people entering into the Religion of Allah in droves [110:2] فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا {3} Then Glorify with Praise of your Lord and seek His Forgiveness, He was always oft-returning (to Mercy) [110:3] فِي جَوَامِعِ الْجَامِعِ وَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ بَكَى ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقِيلَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: دَخَلَ النَّاسُ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَاجاً وَ سَيَخْرُجُونَ مِنْهُ أَفْوَاجاً أَرَادَ بِالنَّاسِ أَهْلَ الْيَمَنِ In (the book) Jawami’e Al Jawami’a – ‘And from Jabir Bin Abdullah having cried one day, so it was said to him regarding that, and he said, ‘I heard Rasool-Allah -saww saying: ‘The people entered into Religion of Allah -azwj in droves, and they would soon be exiting from it in droves’ – intending by ‘the people’, inhabitants of Al-Yemen’’.

[10] Some details on the conquest of Makkah are included the Appendix. Breaking the idols في مجمع البيان قال ابن مسعود: دخل رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله مكة وحول البيت ثلاثمأة وستون صنما فجعل يطعنها بعود في يده، ويقول: (جاء الحق وزهق الباطل ان الباطل كان زهوقا). (جاء الحق ويبدئ الباطل وما يعيد) In Majma Al-Bayan, Ibn Mas’ud said, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww entered Makkah, and around the House were three hundred and sixty idols.

He -saww went and stabbed at these with a stick in his -saww hand, and was saying: ‘The Truth came and the Falsehood vanished, surely the falsehood would always vanish’ [17:81] . Say: ‘The Truth came and the falsehood cannot begin and cannot be restored’ [34:49] ’.

[11] وعن ابن مسعود قال: دخل النبي صلى الله عليه وآله يوم الفتح وحول البيت ثلثمائة وستون صنما، فجعل يطعنها بعود في يده ويقول: ” جاء الحق وما يبدئ الباطل وما يعيد ” ” جاء الحق وزهق الباطل ان الباطل كان زهوقا And from Ibn Mas’ud who said, ‘The Prophet -saww , on the day of the victory (over Makkah) entered the House (Kabah), and around the House were three hundred and sixty idols.

Rasool Allah -saww went on to push them by the stick in his -saww hand and he -saww was saying: ‘The Truth has come and the Falsehood has returned to where it originated from. ‘The Truth came and the Falsehood vanished, surely the falsehood would always vanish’ [17:81] ’.

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