The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 33
I - Early Establishment of Madīnah and Foundation of the Islāmic Government 33 guardianship of the Ka‘bah, for this reason, due to their instigation, the whole of Arabia was developing severe enmity against the Holy Prophet sa , and the Muslims. The caravans of the Quraish had made it incumbent upon themselves to incite the Arab tribes against the Muslims, wherever they would go. Hence, the Holy Qur’ān 1 has alluded to these instigating travels of the Quraish. The poor Muslims, who until then would feel apprehensive merely at the thought of the Quriash, now began to grow immensely perturbed. As such, the following narration of Ḥākim and Ṭabrānī depicts this anxious state of the Muslims: ُ لَمَّا قَدِم َ رَسُوْل ُ اللّٰه ِ صَلَّی اللّٰه ُ عَلَیْه ِ وَسَلَّم َ وَاَصْحَابُه ٗ الْمَدِیْنَة َ وَاٰوَتْھُم ُ الْاَنْصَار ُ رَمَتْھُم الْعَرَب ُ عَن ْ قَوْس ٍ وَاحِدَة ٍ وَكَانُوْا لَایَبِیْتُوْن َ اِلَّا بِالسِّلَاح ِ وَلَا یُصْبِحُوْن َ اِلَّا فِیْه ِ كَانُوْا وَقَالُوْا َ تَرَوْن َ اَنَّا نَعِیْش ُ حَتّٰی نَبِیْت ُ اٰمِنِیْن َ مُطْمَٴِنِّیْن َ لَا نَخَاف ُ اِلَّا اللّٰه “The Holy Prophet sa and his Companions migrated to Madīnah. The Anṣār gave protection to them, and in turn all of Arabia collectively stood up against the Muslims. In that era, the Muslims would not even put off their arms at night and during the day they would walk around armed, in case of a sudden attack. They would say to each other, ‘Let us see if we live till such a time when we might be able to sleep at night in peace, without any fear except for the fear of God. ’” 2 The Holy Qur’ān, which is the most authentic source of Islāmic history, even for the opponents of Islām, depicts this state of Muslims in the following words: 1 * Al-Mu’min (40:5) * Āl-e-‘Imrān (3:197) 2 Lubābun-Nuqūli Fī Asbābin-Nuzūl, By ‘Allāmah Jalālud-Dīn ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Bakr As-Suyūṭī, Sūratun-Nūr, Qauluhū Ta‘ālā, Wa‘adallāhulladhīna Āmanū Minkum…. . , p. 174, Dārul-Kutubil- ‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2003)