Chapter XLVIII.

Sūratu ʾl-Fatḥ.

The Chapter of Victory.

Announcement of a victory.

God comforts the believers and punishes the hypocrites and idolaters.

The oath of fealty.

The cowardice and excuses of the desert Arabs.

Those left behind wish to share the spoil gained at K͟haibar.

The incapacitated alone are to be excused.

The oath of fealty at the tree.