9:48 At-Tawba (The Repentance)

ثم ذكر أنه قد سبق لهم سوابق في الشر فقال‏:‏ ‏{‏لَقَدِ ابْتَغَوُا الْفِتْنَةَ مِنْ قَبْلُ‏}‏ أي‏:‏ حين هاجرتم إلى المدينة، بذلوا الجهد، ‏{‏وَقَلَّبُوا لَكَ الْأُمُورَ‏}‏ أي‏:‏ أداروا الأفكار، وأعملوا الحيل في إبطال دعوتكم وخذلان دينكم، ولم يقصروا في ذلك، ‏{‏حَتَّى جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَظَهَرَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَهُمْ كَارِهُونَ‏}‏ فبطل كيدهم واضمحل باطلهم، فحقيق بمثل هؤلاء أن يحذر اللّه عباده المؤمنين منهم، وأن لا يبالي المؤمنين، بتخلفهم عنهم‏.‏

يقول تعالى محرضا لنبيه عليه السلام على المنافقين " لقد ابتغوا الفتنة من قبل وقلبوا لك الأمور " أي لقد أعملوا فكرهو وأجالوا آراءهم في كيدك وكيد أصحابك وخذلان دينك وإخماده مدة طويلة وذلك أول مقدم النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم المدينة رمته العرب عن قوس واحدة وحاربته يهود المدينة ومنافقوها فلما نصره الله يوم بدر وأعلى كلمته قال عبدالله بن أبي وأصحابه هذا أمر قد توجه فدخلوا في الإسلام ظاهرا ثم كلما أعز الله الإسلام وأهله غاظهم ذلك وساءهم ولهذا قال تعالى حتى جاء الحق وظهر أمر الله وهم كارهون.

Allah encourages His Prophet against hypocrites,

لَقَدِ ابْتَغَوُاْ الْفِتْنَةَ مِن قَبْلُ وَقَلَّبُواْ لَكَ الأُمُورَ

(Verily, they had plotted sedition before, and had upset matters for you,) `For a long time,' Allah says, hypocrites thought and plotted against you and your Companions, as well as, failing and attempting to extinguish your religion.' This occurred soon after the Prophet migrated to Al-Madinah, when pagan Arabs joined force and the Jews and hypocrites of Al-Madinah waged war against the Messenger ﷺ. When Allah gave victory to the Prophet in Badr and raised high his word, `Abdullah bin Ubayy and his fellows said, "This (Islam) is a matter that has prevailed." They embraced Islam outwardly, and whenever Allah elevated Islam and its people in might, hypocrites increased in rage and disappointment,

حَتَّى جَآءَ الْحَقُّ وَظَهَرَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ وَهُمْ كَـرِهُونَ

(until the truth (victory) came and the decree of Allah became manifest though they hated it.)

Indeed they sought to stir up sedition against you already before when you first came to Medina and scrutinised your affairs that is they thought long and hard how to plot against you and invalidate your religion until the truth the victorious help came and God’s command His religion prevailed stood mighty they still being averse to it His religion entering it superficially.

The opening sentence of the sixth verse (48): لَقَدِ ابْتَغَوُا الْفِتْنَةَ مِن قَبْلُ (They sought disorder even earlier...) refers to what had happened in the battle of 'Uhud.

The statement وَظَهَرَ‌ أَمْرُ‌ اللَّـهِ وَهُمْ كَارِ‌هُونَ (… and the will of Allah prevailed, though they disliked it) at the end of the verse indicates that victory is in the hands of Allah. This has been proved on earlier occasions when the Holy Prophet ﷺ was blessed with victory. The same will happen in this Jihad as well when all tricks played by hypocrites will fail.