Scholars
the conquest of Mecca
In Ramadan of the eighth Hijri year (630 CE), the Prophet entered Mecca with ten thousand and almost no fighting. Eight years after leaving as an emigrant, he returned a conqueror — granting its people general safety: 'Go, you are free.' He circled the Kaaba, brought down its idols and restored the House to its first oneness, and in the following years people entered God's religion in throngs. The conquest was not revenge but a grand reconciliation: it restored the House's allegiance, silenced the war and made the qibla the heart of a widening ummah. So the story completes itself: from a weak migration to a victorious return, from Yathrib a city to Mecca mother of towns. The conquest became a model for conquerors: pardon at power is greater than victory, and the Kaaba's heart restored to oneness still gathers millions.