Al-Fath (The Victory)

10. Indeed, those who give pledge to you, they are giving pledge to Allah. The Hand of Allah is over their hands. Then whosoever breaks his pledge breaks it only to his own harm and whosoever fulfils what he has covenanted with Allah, He will bestow on him a great reward.

Muslim leaders are supposed to lay emphasis in critical circumstances and require their adherents to pledge allegiance once again.

God Almighty is in need of no one, thus man should abstain from unfaithfulness since Divine Might is superior to everyone else. In this blessed Verse, God Almighty addresses His friend, the Noble Prophet (S), saying unto him that those who pledge their allegiance with you have in fact sworn allegiance with Him, since Divine Omnipotence far exceeds people’s might and those who have broken their allegiance have in fact broken their own character and have denigrated himself.

Au contraire, those who stand loyal to the pledge sworn with God Almighty through the Noble Prophet (S) and act upon their duties shall soon receive great Divine Rewards.

The Arabic word bay’a derives from b-y-’ designating purchase and exchange.

The Verse is saying that one who swears a pledge with the Noble Prophet (S), it is as if he has entered into some transaction with God Almighty;

(“Indeed, Allah has purchased of the believers their lives and their property for that theirs shall be the Paradise,”1 ).

God Almighty has purchased believers’ lives and possessions at the price of Paradise, since swearing allegiance with the Messenger of God (S) is on a par with pledging allegiance with God Almighty.

“The Hand of Allah is over their hands”

refers to the fact that God Almighty regards the His Messenger’s (S) hand like that of His own. In other words, the Noble Prophet’s (S)’s hand at the time of pledging allegiance with him is actually His Hand, since His Messenger’s (S) hand symbolizes that of God Almighty.

The blessed Verse reveals that swearing allegiance with the Noble Prophet (S) is in fact giving pledge to God Almighty, i.e. if God Almighty had Hands, He would regard the Noble Prophet’s (S) hands like His own and giving pledge to him is in fact giving pledge to God Almighty.

The blessed Verse reflects the Noble Prophet’s (S) closeness to God Almighty so that believers know that their allegiance with the Noble Prophet (S) stands precisely on a par with their allegiance with God Almighty, since the Noble Prophet (S) has attained to such elevated state of nearness to Him that he annihilated his self and has found everlastingness in Truth. Thus, his word and act stand on a par with those of God Almighty.