Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets — Page 191
MUHAMMAD : SEAL OF THE PROPHETS 191 is referred to in the Holy Quran as follows (8:49): Call to mind when Satan made the conduct of the disbelievers appear fair to them and assured them: No one shall prevail against you this day, and I will be your strong supporter. But when the two hosts came in sight of each other, he turned on his heels an d announced: I am absolved of all obligations to you; I see that which you see not. I fear Allah. Before setting out from Mecca, Quraish gathered around the Ka’aba and supplicated: ‘Lord, do Thou help out of the two parties the one who is based on truth and is nobler and better in Thy estimation than the other, and do Thou humiliate and disgrace the ot her. ’ Thereafter, the Quraish host set forth from Mecca in great pomp and panoply. They were accompanied by singing women who, with the beating of drums and the singing of martial songs, incited the men towards deeds of valour. Leaders of Quraish provided for the host all the food that was needed during the journey. Nine or ten camels were slaughtered every day for their meat. When this army arrived at Jahfah, a little more than half - way to Badr, an emissary of Abu Sufyan brought the news that the caravan h ad passed through the danger zone safely and that it was not necessary for the Quraish force to proceed any further. On hearing this, some of them counselled that they should go back, but Abu Jahl and his party rejected the suggestion violently and swore t hat they would proceed as far as Badr and would hold a festival there for three days so that their prestige may be established throughout the country and people should stand