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The Effects of the Conquest of Makkah and the Victory of Hunain
Makkah was the great spiritual centre for the whole of Arabia. Thousands of people used to gather there, year after year from all parts of the Peninsula during the months of pilgrimage. The Quraysh were having a very influential position in this respect. That these people now, once the bitterest enemies of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and Islam, who wanted to crush him and his religion at any cost have one and all voluntarily joined his brotherhood, and that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) had ultimately succeeded in an almost impossible task, did, no doubt, create considerable conviction and confidence in the minds of the people in general. The> weit, as a matter of fact, waiting for the moment when Holy Prophet’s own people would be convinced of his mission. That wonderful moment had come; Makkah fell and the Holy Prophet (PBUH) captivated the hearts of all; his unbounded mercy overflowed the whole region of Arabia, not of Makkah alone. Therefore, the people flooded towards this great Apostle, who stood triumphant before them, who fought for years together single-handed, with that single aim in view, unswerving and unmoved, despite repeated persecutions and wars.
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Tribes after tribes turned to the Right Path _ the Islam, the Path of
Allah:
”When Allah’s help and victory comes, and thou seest men entering the religion of Allah in companies; celebrate the praise of thy Lord and ask His protection. Surely He is ever returning (to mercy).”
This general spread of Islam took place after the conquest of Makkah. Commenting upon the conquest of Makkah, Imam Bukhan writes: ”The Arabs were waiting for the Quraysh to become Muslims and they used to say: Let him (Muhammad (PBUH)) and his people (the Quraysh) be alone. If he conquers, he is surely a true Prophet So that when Makkah was conquered, all the tribes hastened to become Muslims,”
Ibn Hisham, one of the greatest authorities on the life of the HoK Prophet (PBUH) says: ”The Arabs were awaiting, with regard to Islam, the decision of the struggle between the Quraysn and the Messenger of Allah and the reason for this was that the Qura>sh were their leaders and guides and were the guardians of the House (of Allah) and of the Sacred Mosque. They were also the descendents of Abraham through Ismael (Isma’il) and the acknowledged leaders of the Arabs. And it was the Quraysh who had ^tarted fighting with the Messenger of Allah and opposing him (on all occasions). When Makkah was conquered and Islam overtook it, the Arabs realised that there was no power left to fight Muhammad (PBUH) and that he was their friend and not their enemy; the> entered the faith of Allah in large numbers as Allah says i.e. in Surah Al-Nasr.” It will be noted from the number of soldiers that went with him in the Expedition of Tabuk (Which took place in 9 A. H. that wi’hin a year the number raised to three times or more . In the battle of Hunain only 12,000 fighters were with him while in the expedition of Tabuk the number was more than 30,000.