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Khaberni - Dr. Amr Khaled, the Islamic preacher, said that although Surat Al-Fath was revealed on a historical occasion (the conquest of Mecca), it carries good tidings for everyone who wishes for opening, that the opening will come even if time takes long: "Verily, We have granted you a manifest victory* that Allah may forgive you your sins of the past and those to follow and complete His blessing on you, and guide you on the Straight Path* And that Allah may help you with strong help".
Khaled also added in the twenty-second episode of his Ramadan program "Guide – A Journey with the Quran" that there are three openings in Ramadan: assured forgiveness for sins if you ask forgiveness, completion of blessing if you approach [Allah], and guidance if you worship.
Types of Opening
He explained that there are many types of opening: forgiveness, completion of His blessing upon you, tranquility, increased faith, opening with troops you never imagined, your personal life victory, "And may Allah grant you a mighty victory", but he indicated that the opening is a heart condition before it becomes a victory and empowerment.
Khaled linked the psychological tranquility that covers a person and the proximity of achieving the external opening, saying: When one feels it, it indicates the proximity of its occurrence, as mentioned in Surat Al-Fath: "It is He Who sent down calmness into the hearts of the Believers that they may add faith to their faith. For to Allah belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom".
Conditions of Opening
He mentioned that Surat Al-Fath sets the conditions and laws of material opening; and the first among them is a great sincere deed you do for Allah in your life, or a great sincere intention you intend for Allah in your life, or a great sincere covenant with Allah, "Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you are actually pledging allegiance to Allah. The Hand of Allah is over their hands. Then whoever breaks his pledge, breaks it to his own detriment, and whoever fulfills the covenant he made with Allah, He will soon grant him a great reward".
Khaled clarified that the opening starts with a "great position" taken with pure intention for the sake of Allah, as the companions did in the pledge of Ridwan, a situation where there was no victory, nor battle, but merely a pledge during hardship, so Allah spoke about them: "Allah was well pleased with the Believers when they swore Allegiance to you under the Tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquility upon them and rewarded them with a near victory".
However, he stressed that the warning of the Surah is clear: you must be tested in your sincerity of your covenant, and if you are faithful, an opening must thereafter occur, "and whoever fulfills what he has pledged to Allah, He will soon grant him a great reward"; that is, the opening does not come just by making a covenant, but by being truthful in it at the moment of testing.
Sincerity of the Covenant with Allah
Khaled highlighted a test that a person will face as a proof of the sincerity of his covenant; challenges, abandonment, and fatigue will be offered to you, "but whoever breaks the pledge, they do so to their own detriment", but if you remain truthful, expect another type of opening: an opening in your heart, tranquility in your soul, a mark on your face, a path prepared for you unknowingly, "and He will soon grant him a great reward".
Khaled said that the exploration in Surat Al-Fath is not about the historical event but about "the system of opening", which disciplines the soul and prepares it for an opening that does not stop at the limits of the land, but includes the depths of the spirit, and here lies the beauty.
He explained that the talk about "those who lagged behind" came immediately after the pledge: "The desert Arabs who lagged behind will say to you: 'Our possessions and our families occupied us: so ask forgiveness for us.' They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say: 'Who can have any power at all over you from Allah, if He wants harm or benefit for you?' Nay, but Allah is ever All-Knowing of what you do.".
He interpreted this by saying that the pledge was a precise distinction between those who pledged sincerely and those who lagged behind with excuses, and the Surah does not speak about external enemies but rather sorts out the internal: who is sincere and who breaks faith, concluding that the opening is not granted to the nation until the hearts and intentions are purified.
What does Surat Al-Fath teach you?
Khaled mentioned that the Surah teaches you two things: first: the opening comes in the way Allah wants, not in your way. When Surat Al-Fath was revealed after the Treaty of Hudaibiya, Umar ibn al-Khattab asked the Prophet, peace be upon him: Is it an opening? and the verse came: "And He it is Who has restrained their hands from you and your hands from them in the midst of Mecca, after that He gave you the victory over them. And Allah sees well all that you do."
He pointed out the meaning from that: that Allah prevented the fighting even though you were capable, why? Because the opening Allah wants is not an opening of bloodshed, but an opening of souls, and a test of hearts, pointing out that opening does not always come the way you expect, it's not always a military victory, sometimes by a "truce" opening the hearts of people to you.
Why might the opening be delayed?
Khaled outlined that the aim of the Surah is for you to understand why the opening might be delayed, for a wisdom from Allah: "They are the ones who disbelieved and obstructed you from the Sacred Mosque and the offerings detained from reaching their place of sacrifice. And had there not been believing men and believing women whom you did not know that you might have trampled on them, and there would have been imposed upon you a guilt without your knowledge, to let Allah admit into His mercy whom He willed. If they had been apart, We would have punished those who disbelieved among them with painful punishment"; despite them being disbelievers and having harmed you and prevented you from the Sacred Mosque, the opening might be delayed because there are other believers who would be harmed if the opening happened now.
A key condition for opening
And he stated that the second condition for opening: the piety of Allah; therefore, Ramadan is the month of opening because it is the month of piety, "When the disbelievers harbored stubbornness in their hearts—the stubbornness of ignorance—Allah sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers, and bound them to the word of piety, and they were more deserving of it and its suitable owners. And Allah is ever, of everything, Knowing"; the meaning: the other side came with stubbornness, with ignorance and impulsivity, but you, Allah has bound you with the word of piety.
And he emphasized the importance of striving and working hard, to bring out the best in a person without despair or frustration when the achievement of the sought-after opening is delayed, along with strengthening the connection with Allah, through the feeling of worship, performing the five daily prayers attentively, maintaining recitation, and praying two units at night in which you pray for what you wish Allah to open for you.
And Khaled affirmed that what unites the two aspects is one word called: excellence, and Allah promises His servants who are excellent with reward in the Quran five times: "Indeed, We will not waste the reward of one who did well in deeds".
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