The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
Sunnah Hudaybiya
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on the fields of education, commerce and industry.
The result of this change was that an annihilated
Japan could stand up once again and become an
international economic power.
The event of Hudaybiya is explained in the Qur’an in
chapter 48 which is called
‘al-Fath.
We can understand
the Hudaybiya spirit by studying this verse:
When those who disbelieved harboured in their
hearts bigotry-the bigotry of Jahiliyya (of the Days
of Ignorance), God sent down His tranquillity on
His Messenger and on the believers and made the
word of piety binding on them, for they were most
worthy and deserving of it. God has knowledge of
all things. (48:27)
This verse revealed on the occasion of the peace
treaty of Hudaybiya, (like other verses of the
Qur’an) also has a general and extended
application. In this respect we find in it an eternal
teaching of Islam, relevant, like other teachings of
Islam to all later times.
Looked at from this angle, we find that the point
made in this verse is that in the present world, for
