Transliteration:( Wa allafa baina quloobihim; law anfaqta maa fil ardi jamee'am maaa allafta baina quloobihim wa laakinnallaaha allafa bainahum; innaahoo 'Azeezun Hakeem )
"And He brought their hearts together. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts [141]. But Allah united them. Indeed, He is Exalted in Might, Wise [142]."
This verse refers to the two major tribes of Madinah, the Aus and Khazraj, who had been locked in bitter enmity for centuries. No human strategy could overcome their deep-rooted hatred. But through the blessed presence of the Holy Prophet ﷺ, Allah cleansed their hearts and brought them together. Their unity was not achieved through wealth or diplomacy, but as a Divine miracle—a testament to the Prophet’s ﷺ blessed impact and a reminder that true unity is a bounty from Allah.
O Beloved ﷺ, by your blessings even oceans can be turned, and mountains moved, but the real miracle is to unite hostile hearts and forge peace among those in conflict. When the Prophet ﷺ arrived in Madinah, he achieved this seemingly impossible task. Within just ten years, he transformed barbarous, warring tribes into a unified and noble nation.
“The evil became pious, the ever-warring became united — O remover of all quarrels, your sagacity cannot be contested.”
The tafsir of Surah Al-Anfal verse 63 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anfal ayat 61 which provides the complete commentary from verse 62 through 63.
(8:63) and joined their hearts. Had you given away all the riches of the earth you could not have joined their hearts, but it is Allah Who joined their hearts.[46] Indeed He is All-Mighty. All-Wise.
46. Here the allusion is to that strong bond of love and brotherhood that developed among the Arabs who embraced Islam and whose conversion brought them solidarity. This strong solidarity existed despite the fact that they came from a variety of tribes which had long-standing traditions of mutual enmity. This was a special favour of God on the Muslims, especially evident in the case of the Aws and Khazraj. It was barely a couple of years before their acceptance of Islam that the two clans virtually thirsted for each other’s blood. During the battle of Bu’ath both seemed set to exterminate each other. (Ibn Hisham, vol. 1. pp. 427-8-Ed.) To turn such severe enmity into deep cordiality and brotherhood within a span of two or three years and to join together mutually repellent elements into a unity as firm as that of a solid wall as was witnessed in regards to the Muslim community during the life of Prophet (peace be upon him) was doubtlessly beyond the power of any mortal. Were anyone to depend on worldly factors alone, it would have been impossible to bring about such an achievement. God’s support was the deciding factor in this development and this only serves to emphasize that Muslims should always seek and depend on God’s support and favour rather than on worldly factors.
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