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Surah At-Tawbah · 9:117

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  • The People of As-Suffa — Episode 32

    “Allah has already forgiven the Prophet and the Muhajirin and the Ansar.”

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لَّقَد تَّابَ اللَّهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنصَارِ

“Allah has already forgiven the Prophet and the Muhajirin and the Ansar.”

Reason for revelation & related events3

references

Original text & sources

  • Battle of Tabuk 2 — Episode 88

    Same source as the post on this event that carries this ayah.

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  • Story of Ka'b b. Malik — Episode 89

    Same source as the post on this event that carries this ayah.

    View source ↗
  • Battle of Tabuk 1 — Episode 87

    “This verse refers to the Battle of Tabuk — they (the Muslims) left towards Syria in the blazing summer, and they were tested severely, so much so it's mentioned that two or more people were rationed one date per day.”

    Same source as the post on this event that carries this ayah.

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  • Sahih Muslim

    “by Allah, I have not intentionally told a lie from the time I said that to the Prophet ﷺ until today... And Allah AWJ revealed these verses [9:117-119].”

    Same source as the post on this event that carries this ayah.

Expedition
The Battle of Tabuk
~Rajab, 9 AH (late July / early August, per the lecture's reckoning)

Names the "time of difficulty" (sa'at al-usrah) from which Jaysh al-Usrah, the expedition's other name, is drawn.

revealed about

Original text & sources

  • Battle of Tabuk 2 — Episode 88

    Same source as the post on this event that carries this ayah.

    View source ↗
  • Story of Ka'b b. Malik — Episode 89

    Same source as the post on this event that carries this ayah.

    View source ↗
  • Battle of Tabuk 1 — Episode 87

    “This verse refers to the Battle of Tabuk — they (the Muslims) left towards Syria in the blazing summer, and they were tested severely, so much so it's mentioned that two or more people were rationed one date per day.”

    Same source as the post on this event that carries this ayah.

    View source ↗
  • Sahih Muslim

    “by Allah, I have not intentionally told a lie from the time I said that to the Prophet ﷺ until today... And Allah AWJ revealed these verses [9:117-119].”

    Same source as the post on this event that carries this ayah.

Expedition
The Battle of Tabuk
~Rajab, 9 AH (late July / early August, per the lecture's reckoning)

Revealed about Allah turning in mercy to the Prophet ﷺ, the Muhajirun, and the Ansar who stood by him at Tabuk.

asbab al nuzul

Original text & sources

  • Battle of Tabuk 2 — Episode 88

    Same source as the post on this event that carries this ayah.

    View source ↗
  • Story of Ka'b b. Malik — Episode 89

    Same source as the post on this event that carries this ayah.

    View source ↗
  • Battle of Tabuk 1 — Episode 87

    “This verse refers to the Battle of Tabuk — they (the Muslims) left towards Syria in the blazing summer, and they were tested severely, so much so it's mentioned that two or more people were rationed one date per day.”

    Same source as the post on this event that carries this ayah.

    View source ↗
  • Sahih Muslim

    “by Allah, I have not intentionally told a lie from the time I said that to the Prophet ﷺ until today... And Allah AWJ revealed these verses [9:117-119].”

    Same source as the post on this event that carries this ayah.

Expedition
The Battle of Tabuk
~Rajab, 9 AH (late July / early August, per the lecture's reckoning)

This is the specific, extremely well-documented asbab al-nuzul: Ka'b ibn Malik's own account (quoted in the post) of Allah's mercy after 50 days of being shunned -- the direct occasion for this ayah's revelation.