This Ayah was revealed to the Prophet:
That Allah may forgive you your sins of the past and the future...." (48:2)
on his return from Al-Hudaybiyyah. The Prophet said:
"Tonight, an Ayah, that is dearer to me than all that the earth carries, was revealed to me."
The Prophet recited the Ayah to them. They said:
"Congratulations, O Allah's Messenger! Allah the Exalted and Most Honored has stated what He will do with you. So what will He do with us?"
These Ayat were revealed to the Prophet:
"That He may admit the believing men and the believing women to Gardens under which rivers flow to abide therein forever. and He may expiate from them their sins; and that is with Allah supreme success." (48:5)
