Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets — Page 202
MUHAMMAD : SEAL OF THE PROPHETS 202 beseech, ‘Allah, I remind Thee of Thy promise and beg Thee for its fulfilment. Lord, if Thou dost let this body of Muslims be destroyed today, Thy worship will be discarded altogether on the earth. ’ He continued his supplications in agony, standing up and falling into prostration, addressing his Lord as Ever - Living and Bestower of Life. Abu Bakr was much agitated at observing the agony of the Holy Prophet and tried to comfort him, but he continued his agonized supplications. On the field, when the two hosts came face to face and the general fight broke out, Abu Jahl also supplicated, ‘Lord, do Thou this day destroy in this field the party that has sundered the ties of kinship and has started an innovation in religion. ’ He is a lso reported as having supplicated, ‘Lord, if the faith taught by Muhammad is true, do Thou send a rain of stones upon us or destroy us through some other painful torment. ’ It was a most unequal contest. The Muslims were opposed by a well - armed, well - mounted host, more than three times their number, determined to wipe out Islam altogether, and they were well - equipped and well - nourished; while the Muslims were half - starved and , so far as resources went, could not have withstood the Meccans for more than a few minutes. But they were drunk with the glory of their faith in the Unity of God and the truth of the Holy Prophet. Their living faith had filled every one of them with an e xtraordinary power and they were performing feats of valour unmatched in human history. Everyone was eager to do more than anyone else and to sell his life dearly in the cause of Allah. Hamzah, Ali and Zubair created havoc in the ranks of the enemy. Abdul Rahman bin Auf has stated that when Quraish