At-Tawbah 25: Verily, Allah has helped you in many places. On the day of Khunayn, your large numbers had elated you but could not save you from suffering a defeat. Despite its wideness, the face of the earth felt narrow and you returned.

This too is a wrongly interpreted verse, verse 25. Let us look at what it says here in Surah At-Tawbah, in its verse 25.

Indeed, in many places, on battlefields and in the Battle of Hunayn, Allah has helped you, it says. Yes, when your great numbers had made you pleased with yourselves, but had not saved you from defeat. The earth, despite all its vastness, had become narrow for you. In the end you turned back in rout.

The missing part, the wrong part: Indeed, Allah gave you help in many places. On the day of Hunayn, however, your great numbers had made you pleased with yourselves, but you from defeat... it had not saved you from defeat. The earth, despite all its vastness, had become narrow for you. In the end you turned back. Yes.

"He had helped you." Indeed, Allah gave you help in many places. Yes, the subtlety is right here. Indeed, in many places, on battlefields and in the Battle of Hunayn too, Allah has helped you, it says. Hunayn. Whereas: Indeed, Allah gave you help in many places. On the day of Hunayn, however, your great numbers had made you pleased with yourselves. Whereas what does this one say? He had helped you in the Battle of Hunayn. That is, your great numbers had made you pleased with yourselves. But had not saved you from defeat. Yes. Had not saved you from defeat. The earth, despite all its vastness, had become narrow for you.

In the end you turned back. Here the correct one is: Indeed, Allah gave you help in many places. Where? He helped at Badr too. In Medina, in the Battle of the Trench, He helped too. And at Badr especially, He completely opened the way for Islam. In this case, He helped you in the Battle of Hunayn too. "On the day of Hunayn, however", what does it say? He had helped you in the Battle of Hunayn too.

Whereas, not "on the day of Hunayn"; this is where the missing part is, right here. "On the day of Hunayn, however, your great numbers had made you pleased with yourselves." Whereas here it says: He had helped you in the Battle of Hunayn. Yes, if Allah Almighty had helped in the Battle of Hunayn, they would not have been defeated. This way, here they make even Allah defeated. The subtlety is here. Let us read it again. Look, now it is understood better. Indeed, in many places, on the battlefield and in the Battle of Hunayn, Allah had helped you, it says. He had helped you in the Battle of Hunayn.

Whereas on the day of Hunayn, however, your great numbers had made you pleased with yourselves, in that Battle of Hunayn. People, in pride and arrogance, said: we are many, we will beat them anyway; and with that pride and arrogance, instead of relying on Allah, here Allah Almighty gives people a very fine lesson here. With that pride and arrogance they were defeated. They were defeated. Those numbers did not win them the battle. Whereas here it says: in many places, on battlefields and in the Battle of Hunayn, Allah had helped you. And when your great numbers had made you pleased with yourselves but had not saved you from defeat. If Allah helped as well, then you had Him beaten too.

You had Him defeated too. Whereas what do we say? Indeed, Allah gave you help in many places. On the day of Hunayn, however, your great numbers had made you pleased with yourselves. But had not saved you from defeat. Because of that pride and arrogance of yours. Then the earth, despite all its vastness, had become narrow for you. In the end you turned back, it says. So Allah Almighty did not help them along with their great numbers. He did not help. Yes.

The earth, despite all its vastness, had become narrow for you. In the end you turned back in rout. But afterwards Allah Almighty gives their hearts tranquillity. Afterwards. That will come in the next verse. And they find relief. They understand their own mistakes.

Allah Almighty will complete His light on earth. He will not call anyone to account for things they have not heard. Allah Almighty has helped those who say Allah, those who (?) Allah and His Messenger, has helped them.

He has helped in many battles.

This verse tells us that when people, without trusting Allah, rely on their own numbers, even if they say Allah, when they are left deprived of Allah's help, from the calamities that will befall them they will not be able to escape. How beautiful. Yes. After conquering Mecca, the Prophet, with an army of 12,000 men, marched against the Hawazin and Thaqif tribes in Ta'if. Some Muslims who saw the size of the Islamic army, saying "this army cannot be defeated now", thought themselves great and became proud. But in the valley of Hunayn, when they met a much smaller army of polytheists, they were routed. Because the Muslims, relying on their numbers, forgot the help Allah would give them.

Yes.

While this verse tells us their situation, until the Day of Judgment, in the face of such events that will arise, those who, relying on the size of their own army, disregard the people facing them, forget Allah, and, in pride and grandeur, belittle the enemy will surely one day come to ruin.

In a proverb: the enemy, even if an ant, (?) they said. That is, however weak the enemy may be, do not let go of caution before him and do not lose your courage.

So in the valley of Hunayn, against the retreating Islamic units, the polytheists, far fewer in number than them, made the earth narrow for these units. The Islamic units, greatly distressed, having met with hardships and torments, were forced to retreat.

Yes, so in whatever way it may be, a person will always keep his caution and never, staying within Allah's command, will he let go of his trust in his Lord. He will always trust in Him. And without losing hope in Allah Almighty, he will always act by taking refuge in Him. Then what does Allah Almighty say? I become their walking foot, their holding hand, their seeing eye, their hearing ear, He says. In that case you will no longer be defeated, nor will you be grieved. Yes.