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he campaigned against Khaybar together with the Companions who had sworn the Pledge of Riḍwān beneath the tree—one thousand four hundred men in all. Allah granted them victory over Khaybar, and he allowed the Jews to remain there as cultivators. Allah the Exalted then revealed Surah al-Fath, in which He records this episode. How, then, can anyone say that he never mentioned being sent to anyone other than the Arab idolaters, when this is how the Jews fared with him?
غَزَا خَيْبَرَ هُوَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْعَةِ الرِّضْوَانِ، الَّذِينَ بَايَعُوهُ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ، وَكَانُوا أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ، فَفَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ خَيْبَرَ، وَأَقَرَّ الْيَهُودَ فِيهَا فَلَّاحِينَ،
وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى سُورَةَ الْفَتْحِ يَذْكُرُ فِيهَا ذَلِكَ فَكَيْفَ يُقَالُ:
إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَنَّهُ أُرْسِلَ إِلَّا إِلَى مُشْرِكِي الْعَرَبِ وَهَذِهِ حَالُ الْيَهُودِ مَعَهُ؟