Virtues and benefits of Surah An-Nasr

خبرني ربي أني سأرى علامة في أمتي فإذا رأيتها أكثرت من قول: سبحان الله وبحمده أستغفر الله وأتوب إليه. فقد رأيتها. ﴿إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ﴾. فتح مكة ﴿وَرَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا (2) فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا﴾

Aishah asked the Prophet ﷺ why he so often said “Glory and praise be to Allah; I seek Allah’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance.” He said: “My Lord told me that I would see a sign in my nation, and that when I saw it I should say these words often. I have seen it: ‘When there comes the help of Allah and the victory’ — the conquest of Mecca — ‘and you see people entering Allah’s religion in crowds, then glorify the praise of your Lord and ask His forgiveness; indeed He ever accepts repentance.’”

ما صلى النبي ﷺ صلاة بعد أن نزلت عليه ﴿إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ﴾ إلا يقول فيها: سبحانك ربنا وبحمدك، اللهم اغفر لي

After “When there comes the help of Allah and the victory” was revealed to him, the Prophet ﷺ did not perform any prayer without saying in it: “Glory be to You, our Lord, and praise; O Allah, forgive me.”

هو أجل رسول الله ﷺ أعلمه له … فقال عمر: لا أعلم منها إلا ما تقول

Umar asked the elders of Badr about “When there comes the help of Allah and the victory”; some saw in it a command to praise Allah and seek His forgiveness at victory. Ibn Abbas said: “It is the end of the life of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which Allah was announcing to him.” Umar replied: “I know nothing of it other than what you say.”