Ekspedisi ke Tabuk membolehkan Rasulullah ﷺ mengamankan sempadan Negara, yang menyebabkan musuh mula memandang serius terhadap Negara. Ia juga menjadi contoh bagi semua khalifah Baginda ﷺ untuk diikuti, agar Risalah Islam dapat disampaikan kepada dunia luar.

The raid on Tabuk enabled the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) to secure the frontiers of the State which led the enemies to take the State seriously. It also set the example for all of his (pbuh) successors to emulate in order to carry the Message of Islam to the outside world.

Sebaik sahaja Rasulullah ﷺ pulang dari ekspedisi Tabuk, seluruh bahagian selatan Semenanjung dari Yaman, Hadramaut dan Oman datang dan mengisytiharkan Islam mereka kepada baginda. Mereka tunduk kepada pemerintahan dan kuasa Negara Islam.

As soon as Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) returned from the raid on Tabuk the whole of the south of the Peninsula from Yemen, Hadramaut and ‘Oman came and declared their Islam to him. They submitted to the rule and authority of the Islamic State.

Pada tahun kesembilan Hijrah, para utusan dengan penuh harap pergi menemui Rasulullah ﷺ untuk mengisytiharkan keislaman mereka dan keislaman kaum mereka. Ini menandakan kekuasaan mutlak Negara Islam ke atas Semenanjung Arab. Satu-satunya ancaman dalaman yang tinggal ialah golongan musyrik yang dibenarkan terus menyembah berhala mereka dan melakukan ibadah haji ke Baitullah, kerana perjanjian yang telah dibuat oleh Rasulullah ﷺ bersama mereka. Perjanjian itu menyatakan bahawa orang ramai tidak boleh dihalang daripada menziarahi Baitullah, dan mereka juga tidak boleh disakiti semasa bulan-bulan haram.

In the ninth year of Hijrah, the delegates anxiously went to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) to declare their Islam and that of their people. This marked the total dominance of the Islamic State over the Arabian Peninsula. The only internal threat which remained were the polytheists who had been allowed to continue worshipping their idols and performing the pilgrimage to the Sacred House of Allah due to the agreement that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) had made with them. The agreement stated that the people were not to be forbidden from visiting the Sacred House, nor were they to be harmed during the sacred months.

Namun, keadaan ini tidak boleh dibiarkan berterusan. Bagaimana mungkin Rumah Suci dapat menjadi tempat berhimpun bagi orang-orang yang mempunyai kepercayaan yang bertentangan, di mana satu pihak memandang rendah pihak yang lain? Bagaimana mungkin dua kepercayaan yang bercanggah dapat bersatu di sekitar Rumah Allah, sedangkan salah satu kepercayaan itu telah membawa kepada kemusnahan berhala-berhala pihak yang lain? Lebih serius lagi, dapatkah para penganut agama yang bertentangan itu dibiarkan begitu sahaja, sementara masyarakat lain telah tunduk kepada kuasa Negara Islam dan keesaan Allah ﷻ? Jelas sekali, syirik telah menjadi sesuatu yang lapuk dan merupakan ancaman kepada perpaduan masyarakat, lalu ia perlu dihapuskan. Berkenaan kaum musyrikin, Allah (swt) menurunkan Surah at-Taubah kepada Rasulullah ﷺ selepas ekspedisi Tabuk, ketika haji yang diketuai oleh Abu Bakar sedang berlangsung. Rasulullah ﷺ memanggil ‘Ali bin Abi Talib dan memintanya menyertai Abu Bakar di Makkah, di mana beliau diperintahkan untuk menyampaikan wahyu yang baharu itu kepada orang ramai. ‘Ali pergi ke sana dan menemui orang ramai. Kemudian beliau, dengan Abu Hurairah di sisinya, bangkit dan membacakan dari al-Qur’an,

However, this state of affairs could not be allowed to last, for how could it be that the Sacred House would be able to play host to people of contradictory beliefs, one despising the other? How would it be possible for two conflicting beliefs to come together around the House of Allah when one of those beliefs had led to the destruction of the others’ idols? More seriously still, could the adherents of the opposing faith be left to their own devices while the rest of society had submitted to the authority of the Islamic State and the oneness of Allah I? Clearly, polytheism had become an anachronism and a danger to the unity of society and thus it had to be eradicated. Concerning the polytheists, Allah (swt) revealed the Surah of al-Taubah to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) after the raid on Tabuk and once the Hajj led by Abu Bakr was underway. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) summoned ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib and asked him to join Abu Bakr in Makkah where he was instructed to address the people with the new revelation. ‘Ali went there and met with the people. Then he, with Abu Hurayrah next to him, arose and recited from the Qur’an,

"Kebebasan daripada segala kewajipan (diisytiharkan) daripada Allah dan Rasul-Nya kepada golongan "Musyrikin" yang dengannya kamu telah membuat perjanjian." [At-Taubah, 9:1].

“Freedom from all obligations (is declared) from Allah and His Messenger to those of the “Mushrikun”, with whom you made a treaty.” [At-Tauba, 9:1].

sehingga beliau sampai kepada titik di mana Allah (SWT) berfirman,

until he reached the point where Allah (swt) says,

"Dan perangilah kaum musyrikin semuanya sebagaimana mereka memerangi kamu semuanya. Dan ketahuilah bahawa Allah bersama orang-orang yang bertakwa." [At-Taubah, 9:36].

“And fight against the Mushrikun collectively, as they fight against you collectively. But know that Allah is with those who are Al-Muttaqun.” [At-Tauba, 9:36].

Apabila ‘Ali selesai membacakan ayat-ayat ini, dia berhenti seketika, lalu menjerit, “Wahai manusia, sesungguhnya tiada orang kafir akan masuk syurga, tiada musyrik akan menunaikan haji selepas tahun ini, dan tiada seorang pun boleh melakukan tawaf di Baitullah dalam keadaan bogel. Selepas itu tiada perjanjian kecuali bagi mereka yang mempunyai perjanjian dengan Rasulullah ﷺ untuk satu tempoh, maka dia boleh menikmatinya untuk tempoh yang ditetapkan itu.” ‘Ali mengisytiharkan empat perintah ini, kemudian dia memberikan orang ramai empat bulan untuk kembali ke tempat tinggal mereka. Selepas tahun itu, tidak pernah lagi seorang musyrik menunaikan haji, dan tiada seorang pun pernah lagi melakukan tawaf di Baitul Haram dalam keadaan bogel.

When ‘Ali finished reciting these verses he paused for awhile and then shouted, “O people, verily no disbeliever will enter paradise, no polytheist will go on pilgrimage after this year and nobody should circumambulate the House naked. Afterwards there will be no covenant except for those who had an agreement with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) for a period, he can have it for that specified period.” ‘Ali declared these four orders and then he gave the people four months in which to return to their homes. Never again after that year did any polytheist go on the pilgrimage nor did anyone ever circumambulate the Sacred House naked.

Firman Allah kini telah meliputi seluruh Semenanjung Arab melalui perantaraan Negara Islam yang baru ditubuhkan, yang berasaskan 'Aqidah Islam sebagaimana yang diwahyukan oleh Pencipta, Allah (swt), dan kekal berasaskan sedemikian. Dengan turunnya Surah Bara'ah (At-Taubah), surah yang terakhir, penghapusan syirik di Semenanjung Arab serta pengasasan dan penegakan Negara Islam telah pun sempurna. Segala pemikiran yang bertentangan dengan Islam telah dihapuskan, dan segala kuasa selain Negara Islam telah disingkirkan. Maka dengan itu, asas untuk menyampaikan Risalah Islam kepada seluruh umat manusia yang lain telah diletakkan dengan kukuh.

The Word of Allah had now engulfed the whole of the Arabian Peninsula through the agency of the newly established Islamic State which was, and remained, based on the Islamic ‘Aqeedah as revealed by the Creator, Allah (swt). With the revelation of Surah Bara’ah (Taubah) , the last Surah, the abolition of polytheism in the Arabian Peninsula and the founding and establishment of the Islamic State was complete. All thoughts contradictory to Islam were eradicated, and all authorities other than the Islamic State were wiped away. The grounds for carrying the Message of Islam to the rest of mankind were thus firmly laid.