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Chapter 110

The Helpal-Naṣr ( النصر )

3 verses • revealed at Medinan

»The surah that informs the Prophet Muḥammad that The Help of God is imminent in the liberation of Mecca from idolatry, in the throngs whose hearts God will open to Islam, and in the approach of his own passing to the mercy of God. It takes its name from verse 1, in which the phrase “naṣr Allah” (meaning “Allah’s help”) occurs.«

The surah is also known as (Divine) Support, The Ultimate Victory

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

Ali Unal: IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE ALL-COMPASSIONATE

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إِذا جاءَ نَصرُ اللَّهِ وَالفَتحُ

Ali Unal

This sūrah of three verses was revealed in Madīnah some three months before the death of God’s Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings. It is about God’s completion of His favor upon him during his life and, therefore, the end of the Messenger’s duty of Messengership. Therefore, it suggests his imminent death. It also implies a warning to the believers that they, because they have been victorious, should be even more alert against avoiding sins and indulging in worldly amusements.
When God’s help comes and victory (which is a door to further victories),1
  • On many occasions, God promised His Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, help and victory and openly declared that He and His Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, would prevail. For example, while the Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, and his followers suffered great persecutions at the hands of the Makkan polytheists, He declared: Most certainly We help Our Messengers, and those who believe, in the life of this world and on the Day when the Witnesses will stand forth (to testify concerning people’s response to the Messengers) (40: 51). In Madīnah, during the days of the Battle of Uhud in the third year of the Hijrah, He declared: And yet another (blessing) which you love: Help from God and a near victory soon to come (which will lead to further victories). Give glad tidings to the believers (61: 13). And after the Battle of the Trench that took place in the fifth year of the Hjirah, He promised: God has decreed: “I will most certainly prevail, I and My Messengers.” Surely God is All-Strong, All-Glorious with irresistible might (58: 21). However, since humans are tested in the world in order to prepare for their life in the other world, He made His help and victory dependent upon the believers’ helping His cause: O you who believe! If you help God(‘s cause by striving in His way), He will help you and make your feet firm (so that you are steadfast in His cause and ultimately victorious) (47: 7). So, with God’s help, victory was secured, and this meant that the believers had helped His cause and carried out their duties in a way that pleased Him.
    This verse marks an important aspect of the Qur’ān’s miraculousness and its Divine authorship. For no one other than God can speak so certainly about the future. As seen in the few examples above, God clearly declared that He would complete His favor on His Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, and lead him and the believers to victory, which He did.