Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 173
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 173 failure is in the hand of Allah, the Almighty. If He wants he will give success otherwise all the armies cannot achieve victory. Bold Acts of Hadrat Umar ra After this, when Hadrat Umar ra became Khalifah— this same Umar ra who advised Abu Bakr ra that they would face that great army and advised the army of Usama ra be retained for help—became similarly confident and fought with the whole world at one and the same time, and was not at all fearful. In the age of Hadrat Umar ra , the fight with the Romans was going on. The Romans were very powerful. The Muslims’ fight with them was just like the fight of Afghanistan with English Government. But in spite of a war with such a great army, when Hadrat Umar ra got news of the movement of the Iranian army against Muslims, and there were signs of revolt in those territories which were under the control of Muslims; the same Umar ra who advised Abu Bakr ra that it would be a great mistake if they, at one and the same time, sent army of Usama ra to fight with Romans, and on the other side fight with internal rebels; ordered to attack Iran immediately. Companions ra wondered how, at one and the same time, they would fight with two great powers. But he said, “Don’t worry and fight”. As the Muslims were busy in fighting with Romans, so the attack of Muslims on Iran was unthinkable. When the king of Iran heard the news of the