By: Seyyed Ali Shahbaz
"When they (the Arab-Israelite hordes) came at you from above and below you, and when the eyes rolled [with fear] and the hearts leapt to the throats, and you entertained misgivings about Allah
"It was there that the faithful were tested and jolted with a severe agitation.
"And when the hypocrites were saying, as well as those in whose hearts is a sickness, ‘Allah and His Messenger did not promise us [anything] except delusion.’”
-(Holy Qur’an 33:10, 11, 12)
The above ayahs of Surah al-Ahzab refer to the state of the hypocrites and of those weak of faith amongst the Muslims in the year 5 AH when a mighty 10,000 strong joint army of Arabs and Israelites descended upon Medina with the intention of killing Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) and wiping out Islam.
It was obvious by the wordings of these ayahs that this was a divine tribulation, yet those who feared battle and were reluctant to risk their life in exchange for the eternal bliss of paradise in the defence of Islam, miserably failed. They not just entertained doubts in the mission of the Almighty’s Last and Greatest Messenger to all mankind, but some amongst them even conspired to hand him over to the enemies.
Infant Islam was facing its most grueling test. Archenemy Abu Sufyan was confident that with the Israelites firmly on the side of the Arabs, the Jewish tribes of Medina in secret contact with their co-religionists for breaking the pact with the Prophet, and the Arab hypocrites amongst the Muslims serving as the 5th column, it would only be a matter of time for complete victory.
Perhaps, modern analysts might draw similarities to the current situation of the Muslim World, where reactionary Arab regimes which fund cannibalistic terrorists and hypocrites, have openly ganged up with the illegal Zionist entity under the auspices of the Great Satan (US), to try to wipe out the Islamic Resistance and those with firm faith in Muhammadan Islam.
God Almighty is All-Wise, and He says in ayah 21 of Surah Ahzab:
"In the Messenger of Allah there is certainly for you a good exemplar, for those who look forward to Allah and the Last Day, and remember Allah greatly.”
By enshrining for posterity the faith of the steadfast during the crucial encounter, He says in the next ayah:
"But when the faithful saw the (Arab-Israelite) confederates, they said, ‘This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His Prophet were true.’ And it only increased them in faith and submission.”
These and other ayahs of Surah Ahzab are permanent proofs of the universality and immortality of Islam, and how gloriously it triumphed in Medina in 5 AH in the decisive encounter with the Arab-Israelite hordes, and how it has continued to thrive and enlighten the world throughout the past millennium and four centuries despite the gravity of the plots of its satanic enemies in every age and place.
This means that for the true Muslims, firmly adhering to the path of the Prophet, the present phase of Islamophobia by enemies of all hue and colour – the US, Zionists, Takfiris, Wahhabis, hypocrites, atheists, polytheists, etc. – is just another divine test from which Islam, after due sacrifices, will emerge more stronger, while this current lot of Lucifer’s hordes will vanish forever.
Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), on learning of the Arab-Israelite plot against Islam, prepared the defences of Medina, whose natural fortifications were rocky heights and thick palm groves, and on the suggestion of his Iranian companion, Salman al-Farisi, dug a deep trench on the strip of the city that was vulnerable to enemy attack.
When the joint Arab-Israelite army (in whose ranks was the veritable giant Amr ibn Abduwad noted for his brute strength), arrived, it found its entry blocked by the newly dug ditch. For some two weeks, the formidable force, confident of its strength, maneuvered, shooting arrows at the Muslim defenders on the other side.
On the 17th of Shawwal, Amr bin Abduwad, along with two other horsemen found the narrowest point of the ditch and managed to spur their horses in a giant leap to the other side. He then challenged the Muslims to combat, at which most of the Sahaba (Salaf or exemplary progenitors for today’s Salafis, Wahhabis, Takfiri terrorists) quaked with fear, while the hypocrites ("munafaqeen” amongst them, devised plans to seize the Prophet and hand him over to the enemy.
The Prophet of Peace appealed for calm and asked who will accept the infidel’s challenge. He repeated these words and on all three occasions no one got up, except his dear cousin, son-in-law and Divinely-designated heir, Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (AS).
Some of the Muslims (the 5th column), instead of responding to the Prophet’s call, started to praise the strength and physical power of Amr bin Abduwad in a bid to demoralize the ranks of the faithful – similar to what the self-styled Muslims in the service of the US and the West do today by extolling the military might of the illegal Zionist entity and the benefits for the Arabs to ally with the Americans and Israelis against Islamic Iran.
The Prophet gave permission to the Imam to face the challenge of the Arab-Israelite warlord, saying "the embodiment of faith is all set to fight the embodiment of infidelity.”
The rest is history. Imam Ali (AS), after inviting Amr to Islam, and following his refusal, telling him to leave in peace instead of risking his life, engaged in combat.
With a flashing stroke of his famous twin-bladed sword "Dhu’l-Feqar”, the Imam dispatched Amr to the bowels of hell, but not before allowing him to renew the life-and-death combat, because the cowardly representative of the Arab-Israelite force, when hurled to the ground, had dared to spit at him.
At this the other two infidels fled, and as fear gripped the Arab-Israelite force, God Almighty sent powerful gales to disrupt their camps. Soon the confederates broke rank and fled.
No wonder, the Prophet hailed the Imam’s selfless feat which was solely for the sake of God and without personal emotions involved, as "The stroke of Ali on the Day of Khandaq is superior to the worship of the Thaqalayn (mankind and jinn combined).”
It was obvious by the wordings of these ayahs that this was a divine tribulation, yet those who feared battle and were reluctant to risk their life in exchange for the eternal bliss of paradise in the defence of Islam, miserably failed. They not just entertained doubts in the mission of the Almighty’s Last and Greatest Messenger to all mankind, but some amongst them even conspired to hand him over to the enemies.
Infant Islam was facing its most grueling test. Archenemy Abu Sufyan was confident that with the Israelites firmly on the side of the Arabs, the Jewish tribes of Medina in secret contact with their co-religionists for breaking the pact with the Prophet, and the Arab hypocrites amongst the Muslims serving as the 5th column, it would only be a matter of time for complete victory.
Perhaps, modern analysts might draw similarities to the current situation of the Muslim World, where reactionary Arab regimes which fund cannibalistic terrorists and hypocrites, have openly ganged up with the illegal Zionist entity under the auspices of the Great Satan (US), to try to wipe out the Islamic Resistance and those with firm faith in Muhammadan Islam.
God Almighty is All-Wise, and He says in ayah 21 of Surah Ahzab:
"In the Messenger of Allah there is certainly for you a good exemplar, for those who look forward to Allah and the Last Day, and remember Allah greatly.”
By enshrining for posterity the faith of the steadfast during the crucial encounter, He says in the next ayah:
"But when the faithful saw the (Arab-Israelite) confederates, they said, ‘This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His Prophet were true.’ And it only increased them in faith and submission.”
These and other ayahs of Surah Ahzab are permanent proofs of the universality and immortality of Islam, and how gloriously it triumphed in Medina in 5 AH in the decisive encounter with the Arab-Israelite hordes, and how it has continued to thrive and enlighten the world throughout the past millennium and four centuries despite the gravity of the plots of its satanic enemies in every age and place.
This means that for the true Muslims, firmly adhering to the path of the Prophet, the present phase of Islamophobia by enemies of all hue and colour – the US, Zionists, Takfiris, Wahhabis, hypocrites, atheists, polytheists, etc. – is just another divine test from which Islam, after due sacrifices, will emerge more stronger, while this current lot of Lucifer’s hordes will vanish forever.
Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), on learning of the Arab-Israelite plot against Islam, prepared the defences of Medina, whose natural fortifications were rocky heights and thick palm groves, and on the suggestion of his Iranian companion, Salman al-Farisi, dug a deep trench on the strip of the city that was vulnerable to enemy attack.
When the joint Arab-Israelite army (in whose ranks was the veritable giant Amr ibn Abduwad noted for his brute strength), arrived, it found its entry blocked by the newly dug ditch. For some two weeks, the formidable force, confident of its strength, maneuvered, shooting arrows at the Muslim defenders on the other side.
On the 17th of Shawwal, Amr bin Abduwad, along with two other horsemen found the narrowest point of the ditch and managed to spur their horses in a giant leap to the other side. He then challenged the Muslims to combat, at which most of the Sahaba (Salaf or exemplary progenitors for today’s Salafis, Wahhabis, Takfiri terrorists) quaked with fear, while the hypocrites ("munafaqeen” amongst them, devised plans to seize the Prophet and hand him over to the enemy.
The Prophet of Peace appealed for calm and asked who will accept the infidel’s challenge. He repeated these words and on all three occasions no one got up, except his dear cousin, son-in-law and Divinely-designated heir, Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (AS).
Some of the Muslims (the 5th column), instead of responding to the Prophet’s call, started to praise the strength and physical power of Amr bin Abduwad in a bid to demoralize the ranks of the faithful – similar to what the self-styled Muslims in the service of the US and the West do today by extolling the military might of the illegal Zionist entity and the benefits for the Arabs to ally with the Americans and Israelis against Islamic Iran.
The Prophet gave permission to the Imam to face the challenge of the Arab-Israelite warlord, saying "the embodiment of faith is all set to fight the embodiment of infidelity.”
The rest is history. Imam Ali (AS), after inviting Amr to Islam, and following his refusal, telling him to leave in peace instead of risking his life, engaged in combat.
With a flashing stroke of his famous twin-bladed sword "Dhu’l-Feqar”, the Imam dispatched Amr to the bowels of hell, but not before allowing him to renew the life-and-death combat, because the cowardly representative of the Arab-Israelite force, when hurled to the ground, had dared to spit at him.
At this the other two infidels fled, and as fear gripped the Arab-Israelite force, God Almighty sent powerful gales to disrupt their camps. Soon the confederates broke rank and fled.
No wonder, the Prophet hailed the Imam’s selfless feat which was solely for the sake of God and without personal emotions involved, as "The stroke of Ali on the Day of Khandaq is superior to the worship of the Thaqalayn (mankind and jinn combined).”
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