Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 80

And say, O Messenger: O my Lord, make all my entrances and exits in Your obedience and for Your pleasure. And give me from Yourself a clear proof through which You help me against my enemy.

And say: "My Lord! Let my entry be good, and (likewise) my exit be good. And grant me from You a helping authority, (80)And say: "Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Surely, falsehood is ever bound to vanish. (81)

The Command to emigrate

Imam Ahmad recorded that Ibn 'Abbas said: The Prophet ﷺ was in Makkah, then he was commanded to emigrate, and Allah revealed the words:

وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَل لِّي مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَانًا نَّصِيرًا

(And say: "My Lord! Let my entry be good, and (likewise) my exit be good. And grant me from You a helping authority.")

At-Tirmidhi said, "This is Hasan Sahih."

Al-Hasan Al-Basri commented on this Ayah, "When the disbelievers of Makkah conspired to kill the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, or expel him or imprison him, Allah wanted him to fight the people of Makkah, and commanded him to go to Al-Madinah. What Allah said was:

وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ

(And say: "My Lord! Let my entry be good, and (likewise) my exit be good...")

وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ

(And say: "My Lord! Let my entry be good...") means, my entry to Al-Madinah.

وَأَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ

(and (likewise) my exit be good,) means, my exit from Makkah. This was also the view of 'Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam.

وَاجْعَل لِّي مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَانًا نَّصِيرًا

(And grant me from You a helping authority.)

Al-Hasan Al-Basri explained this Ayah; "His Lord promised to take away the kingdom and glory of Persia and give it to him, and the kingdom and glory of Byzantium and give it to him."

Qatadah said, "The Prophet of Allah ﷺ knew that that he could not achieve this without authority or power, so he asked for authority to help him support the Book of Allah, the Laws of Allah, the obligations of Allah and to establish the religion of Allah. Authority is a mercy from Allah which He places among His servants, otherwise some of them would attack others, and the strong would consume the weak." Alongside the truth, he also needed power and authority in order to suppress those who opposed and resisted him, hence Allah said:

لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ

(Indeed We have sent Our Messengers with clear proofs,) until His saying,

وَأَنزَلْنَا الْحَدِيدَ

(And We brought forth iron)[57:25]

A Threat to the Disbelievers of the Quraysh

وَقُلْ جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ

(And say: "Truth has come and falsehood has vanished...") This is a threat and a warning to the disbelievers of the Quraysh, for there has come to them from Allah the truth of which there can be no doubt and which they have no power to resist. This is what Allah has sent to them of the Qur'an, faith and beneficial knowledge. Their falsehood has perished or vanished and been destroyed, it cannot remain or stand firm in the face of the truth.

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ

(Nay, We fling the truth against the falsehood, so it destroys it, and behold, it disappears.)[21:18] Al-Bukhari recorded that 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud said: The Prophet ﷺ entered Makkah (at the Conquest), and around the House (the Ka'bah) were three hundred and sixty idols. He started to strike them with a stick in his hand, saying,

جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ ۚ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا

(Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Surely falsehood is ever bound to vanish.)[17:81]

جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ

(Truth has come, and falsehood can neither create anything nor resurrect (anything).)[34:49]