Etymology The full name of the movement is , meaning the "Palestinian National Liberation Movement". From this was crafted the inverted and reverse acronym (generally rendered in English as Fatah), meaning "opening", "conquering", or "victory". The word is used in religious discourse to signify the Islamic expansion in the first centuries of Islamic history – as in , the "conquering of the Levant". also has religious significance in that it is the name of the 48th sura (chapter) of the Quran which, according to major Muslim commentators, details the story of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. During the peaceful two years after the Hudaybiyyah treaty, many converted to Islam, increasing the strength of the Muslim side. It was the breach of this treaty by the Quraysh that triggered the conquest of Mecca. This Islamic precedent was cited by Yasser Arafat as justification for his signing the Oslo Accords with Israel.
Etymology The full name of the movement is , meaning the "Palestinian National Liberation Movement". From this was crafted the inverted and reverse acronym (generally rendered in English as Fatah), meaning "opening", "conquering", or "victory". The word is used in religious discourse to signify the Islamic expansion in the first centuries of Islamic history – as in , the "conquering of the Levant". also has religious significance in that it is the name of the 48th sura (chapter) of the Quran which, according to major Muslim commentators, details the story of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. During the peaceful two years after the Hudaybiyyah treaty, many converted to Islam increasing the strength o,f the Muslim side. It was the breach of this treaty by the Quraysh that triggered the conquest of Mecca. This Islamic precedent was cited by Yasser Arafat as justification for his signing the Oslo Accords with Israel.