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Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verses 1–3In the sixth year of the Hijrah, the Prophet Muhammad left Madinah for Makkah along with his companions, so that he could perform the rite of pilgrimage there.Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verses 4–7Here tranquillity (sakinah) means not becoming irritated despite provocation.Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verses 8–10The real work of the Prophet is to be an exponent of the truth (‘shaahid’, as translated by Shah Waliullah).Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verses 11–14The Prophet Muhammad had a dream in Madinah that he was undertaking a journey to Makkah for the purpose of performing ‘umrah.Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verse 15Before the Hudaybiyyah Treaty the Jews were very open in their hostility for the Muslims, because earlier they had had the full cooperation of Quraysh in this regard.Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verses 16–17Those who had shown weakness on the occasion of Hudaybiyah were deprived of the reward resulting therefrom, but still the door was not closed to them, because the campaign to promote Monotheism was to face many difficult situations.Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verses 18–21During the Hudaybiyyah journey, on one occasion, a rumour started circulating that the Quraysh had killed ‘Uthman, who had gone to them as an envoy of the Prophet.Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verses 22–24It was the law of God that when the Prophet’s initial addressees refused to answer his call, He destroyed them.Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verse 25The chieftains of the Quraysh had made themselves liable to be punished and engaged in battle.Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verse 26From the heart of a man in which the fear of God is firmly embedded, the importance of everything other than God is driven out.Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verse 27The Hudaybiyyah journey was undertaken as a result of a dream the Prophet Muhammad had.Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verse 28The Prophet Muhammad had to play dual roles: one was that of a prophet (who strives to spread the message of God) and the other was that of the final Prophet, i.e. no other prophet was to appear after him.Chapter 48, Victory (Al-Fath) · verse 29The Prophet Muhammad had to perform a historic role which is referred to in the Quran as making religion predominant.