The Outset of Dissension in Islam — Page 137
137 did not let any harm come to the Holy Prophet sa , he would do the same. Hadrat ‘ Abdull a h bin Zubair ra also participated in this battle and was badly injured. Marw a n also sustained serious injuries and barely escaped the clutches of death. Mugh i rah bin Al-Akhnas was killed. When the person who had attacked Mugh i rah saw that not only had he been wounded but that he had been killed, he exclaimed: [meaning, surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return]. 117 The chief of the army reprimanded him saying, “You express regret on an occasion of happiness!” He replied: “Last night I saw in a dream that a person said, ‘Give news of hell to the killer of Mugh i rah. ’ So upon learning that I am his killer I was bound to be shocked by this. ” 118 Besides the above mentioned people others were also injured and killed; the party protecting Hadrat ‘ Uthm a n ra became even smaller. If on the one hand, the rebels persisted in their obstinacy despite a heavenly warning and continued to fight against the beloved party of God the Exalted, then on the other hand, the devotees also did not slacken in setting an excellent example of faith. Despite the fact that most guards had 117. Al-Baqarah (2:157) [Publishers] 118. T a r i khu t-T abar i , vol. 5, p. 179-180, Dhikrul-Khabari ‘ An Qatlih i Wa Kaifa Qutila, Published by D a rul-Fikr, Beirut, 2002 edition [Publishers]