The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 308
308. Essence of Islam-1 such power that he pulled down rulers from their thrones and put poor people on them in their place. If this was not Divine support, then what was it? Can anyone overcome the whole world in reason, knowledge, strength and force without Divine support?. Who was with the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of. Allāh be on him] when he first announced to the people that he was a Prophet? Did he possess the treasury of any king relying on which he took on the whole world as his opponents, or had he at his disposal a force relying on which he had become secure against the attacks of kings?. Our opponents know that the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] was at that time alone and helpless and without any means. It was only God, Who had created him for a great purpose, Who was with him and was his sure support. [Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 1 pp. 119-120]. On five occasions, the life of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] was in serious danger and had he not been a true Prophet of God, he would certainly have been destroyed. One was the occasion when the disbelieving Quraish had surrounded his house and had sworn that they would kill him that night. The second occasion was when pursuers had arrived with a large body of men at the entrance to the cave in which he had taken shelter along with Ḥaḍrat Abu Bakr RA. The third occasion was when he had been left alone in the battle of Uhad and the Quraish had surrounded him and attacked him in a body but were foiled of their purpose. . The fourth occasion was when a Jewish woman gave him meat to eat which had been saturated with a fatal poison. . The fifth occasion was when Khusro Pervaiz, Emperor of