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Surah 110 · Madinah · 3 āyāt
Phase 06 · Conquest, completion and farewell(6–11 AH) — view in timelineAn-NaṣrThe Divine Support
النصر
The last complete surah revealed to the Prophet ﷺ, announcing the victory of Allāh and the conquest, and people entering the religion of Allāh in multitudes. Rather than a call to celebration alone, it closes with a command to glorify Allāh with praise, seek His forgiveness, and trust in His acceptance of repentance — a surah the senior companions understood as a quiet announcement of the Prophet's ﷺ approaching death.
Why it was revealed
As tribes across Arabia entered Islam in large numbers following the conquest of Makkah, this surah was revealed. Its brevity and structure — victory, then immediate turning to praise and seeking forgiveness rather than triumphalism — was read by the most discerning companions as a sign that the Prophet's ﷺ mission was reaching its completion.
Drawn fromṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4970; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4970, 4294; Ibn Kathīr on 110:1–2; Ibn Kathīr, introduction to Sūrat an-Naṣr
Ibn ʿAbbās reported that ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb used to include him among the senior men of Badr, and some of them felt something about that. ʿUmar asked them about Sūrat an-Naṣr, and they said, 'Allah commanded us to praise Him and seek His forgiveness when He gave us victory.' ʿUmar then asked Ibn ʿAbbās, who said, 'It is the sign of the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that Allah informed him of: when the victory of Allah and the conquest comes, that is a sign of your death, so glorify the praise of your Lord and seek His forgiveness, for He is ever Accepting of repentance.' ʿUmar said, 'I do not know of it except what you have said.'
Cited toṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4970, 4294; Ibn Kathīr, introduction to Sūrat an-Naṣr
In the Prophet's ﷺ life
Victory and mass entry into Islam
The conquest of Makkah opened the way for tribes across Arabia to enter Islam in multitudes, the event described in the surah's opening lines.
Recalled in āyah 1, 2
إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْفَتْحُ
When the victory of Allāh has come and the conquest,
وَرَأَيْتَ ٱلنَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِى دِينِ ٱللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا
And you see the people entering into the religion of Allāh in multitudes,
Cited toIbn Kathīr on 110:1–2
- Madd — 2 vowels
- Madd — 2, 4 or 6 vowels
- Madd — 6 vowels (lāzim)
- Madd — 4 or 5 vowels (wājib)
- Ghunnah — 2 vowels
- Qalqalah
- Ikhfāʾ
- Ikhfāʾ shafawī
- Idghām shafawī
- Idghām with ghunnah
- Idghām without ghunnah
- Idghām mutajānisayn
- Idghām mutaqāribayn
- Iqlāb
- Hamzat al-waṣl
- Lām shamsiyyah
- Silent letter
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Victory answered with praise, not pride
When the victory of Allāh and the conquest have come, and you see people entering the religion of Allāh in multitudes, then glorify the praise of your Lord and ask His forgiveness — indeed, He is ever Accepting of repentance.
Drawn fromṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4970 (Ibn ʿAbbās's explanation to ʿUmar); Ibn Kathīr on 110:3
إِذَا جَآءَ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْفَتْحُ
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When the victory of Allāh has come and the conquest,
وَرَأَيْتَ ٱلنَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِى دِينِ ٱللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا
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And you see the people entering into the religion of Allāh in multitudes,
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ تَوَّابًۢا
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Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of Repentance.
From the tafsīr
Ibn ʿAbbās identified the surah as an announcement that the Prophet's ﷺ mission was complete and his death was near, understood from the pattern of victory followed immediately by a command to seek forgiveness, as one nearing the end of a task turns to closing accounts.
Cited toṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4970 (Ibn ʿAbbās's explanation to ʿUmar)
The command to seek forgiveness at the moment of greatest success teaches that achievement is not an occasion for self-congratulation but for greater humility before Allah.
Cited toIbn Kathīr on 110:3
Key takeaways
- The greatest worldly success is met in the Qur'an with praise and repentance, not pride.
Drawn fromṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4970 (Ibn ʿAbbās's explanation to ʿUmar); Ibn Kathīr on 110:3
- Senior companions could read layers of meaning in the Qur'an beyond its apparent sense, tested and confirmed by revelation's pattern.
Drawn fromṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4970 (Ibn ʿAbbās's explanation to ʿUmar); Ibn Kathīr on 110:3
- Completion of a mission is marked by turning more, not less, toward Allah.
Drawn fromṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4970 (Ibn ʿAbbās's explanation to ʿUmar); Ibn Kathīr on 110:3
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ن ص ر
āyāt 1to help, grant victory
- نَصْرُvictory
- نَاصِرhelper
- أَنصَارsupporters
ف ت ح
āyāt 1to open, conquer
- ٱلْفَتْحُthe conquest
- فَاتِحone who opens/grants victory
- فَتَحhe opened
ف و ج
āyāt 2group, throng
- أَفْوَاجًاin multitudes
- فَوْجa group
- أَفْوَاجgroups/waves
س ب ح
āyāt 3to glorify, exalt
- فَسَبِّحْso glorify
- تَسْبِيحglorification
- سُبْحَانَglory be to
ت و ب
āyāt 3to turn back, repent, accept repentance
- تَوَّابًۢاever Accepting of repentance
- تَوْبَةrepentance
- تَابَHe turned/accepted repentance
Carry this with you
- The Qur'an's response to great success is praise and seeking forgiveness, not pride.
- Ibn ʿAbbās read this brief surah as a veiled sign of the Prophet's ﷺ approaching death.
- People entering religion 'in multitudes' marks the culmination of years of patient daʿwah.
- Completion of a mission calls for greater humility before Allah, not celebration alone.
- Allah's acceptance of repentance is affirmed even at the height of victory.
Where this surah connects
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- Ibn Kathīr on 110:1–2
- Ibn Kathīr on 110:3
- Ibn Kathīr, introduction to Sūrat an-Naṣr
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