The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 131
IV - Treaty of Ḥudaibiyyah & its Magnificent Outcomes 131 Muslims. 1 As a matter of fact, from some narrations it is even ascertained that these people were 80 in number and on this occasion, they even conspired to assassinate the Holy Prophet sa. 2 However, the Muslims remained vigilant in their place. As such, the secret of this conspiracy of the Quraish was discovered and all of those concerned were arrested. 3 The Muslims were very displeased at this action of the people of Makkah, which they committed in the Ashhur- e-Ḥuram and in the sacred proximity of the Ḥaram at that, but the Holy Prophet sa forgave them and did not allow for it to become an obstacle in the negotiations. 4 The Holy Qur’ān has also mentioned this action of the people of Makkah. It states: ْ بَعْد ِ اَن ْ اَظْفَرَكُم بِبَطْن ِ مَكَّة َ مِن كَف َّ اَيْدِيَهُم ْ عَنكُم ْ وَاَيْدِيَكُم ْ عَنْهُم وَهُو َ الَّذِي ْ عَلَيْهِم “It was God, Who by His special grace, withheld the hands of the infidels from you in the valley of Makkah and protected you; And when you became dominant and subjugated them, withheld your hands from them. ” 5 1 * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 129, Dhikrul-Aḥdāthillati Kānat Fī Sanati Sittim-Minal-Hijrah/Dhikrul-Khabari ‘An ‘Umratin-Nabiyyi sa Allati Ṣaddahul-Mushrikūna Fīhā ‘Anil-Bait, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 685, Amrul- Ḥudaibiyyati Fī Ākhiri Sanati Sittin/Quraishun Tursilul-‘Uyūna Listiṭlā‘i Akhbārin-Nabi, Dārul- Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 2 * Tafsīrul-Qur’ānil-‘Aẓīm (Tafsīru Ibni Kathīr), By ‘Imāduddīn Abul-Fidā’ Ismā‘īl bin ‘Umar Ibni Kathīr, Volume 7, p. 317, Tafsīru Sūratil-Fatḥ, Under verses 20-24, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (1998) 3 The various narrations of this account differ with one another to some extent. At this place, without any special investigation, the well-known narration has been adopted. 4 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 685, Amrul- Ḥudaibiyyati Fī Ākhiri Sanati Sittin/Khirāsh-ubnu Umaiyyata Rasūlu Rasūlillāhi Ilā Quraish, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 129, Dhikrul-Aḥdāthillati Kānat Fī Sanati Sittim-Minal-Hijrah/Dhikrul-Khabari ‘An ‘Umratin-Nabiyyi sa Allati Ṣaddahul-Mushrikūna Fīhā ‘Anil-Bait, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 3, p. 223, Amrul-Ḥudaibiyyah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 5 Al-Fatḥ (48:25)