The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume I — Page 321
IX - Exile 321 لَا تَحْزَن ْ اِن َّ اللّٰه َ مَعَنَا Meaning, “Worry not, Allāh is with us” Then he said: وَمَا ظَنُّك َ یَا اَبَا بَكْر ٍ بِاِثْنَیْن ِ اللّٰه ُ ثَالِثُھُمَا Meaning, “O Abū Bakr! What do you infer of those two individuals, the third of which is God. ” 1 In another narration is related that when the Quraish reached the mouth of the Cave, Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra became very worried. When the Holy Prophet sa noticed his anxiety, he comforted him that there is nothing to worry about. At this, Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra said in a weeping tone: ُ اِن ْ قُتِلْت ُ فَاَنَا رَجُل ٌ وَاحِد ٌ و َ اِن ْ قُتِلْت َ اَنْت َ ھَلَكَت ِ الْاُمَّة Meaning, “O Messenger of Allāh! If I am killed, I am merely one man. But if (God-forbid) you are harmed, then it is as if the entire community has been erased. ” 2 Upon this, after receiving revelation from God, the Holy Prophet sa responded in the following words: Meaning, “O Abū Bakr, do not worry at all, because Allāh is with us, and we are both under His Divine protection. ” 3 In other words, ‘You are worried for me, and in the passion of your sincerity, you feel no grief for your own life. However, at this time, not only is God the Almighty my protector, but yours as well, and He shall protect us from the evil 1 Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Kitābu Faḍā’ili Aṣḥābin-Nabiyyi sa , Bābu Manāqibil-Muhājirīna wa Faḍlihim-minhum Abū Bakrin ‘Abdullāh bin Abī Quḥāfah, Ḥadīth No. 3652-3653 2 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Muḥammad bin ‘Abdul-Bāqī Az- Zarqānī, Volume 2, pp. 122-123, Bābu Hijratil-Muṣṭafā wa Aṣḥābihi ilal-Madīnah, Dārul-Kutubil- ‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 3 At-Taubah (9:40)