Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 131
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa. S8 innallaha laqaviyyun ‘aziz. Those who have been driven out from their homes unjustly, only because they said, 'Our Lord is Allāh' - "And if Allāh did not repel some men by means of others, there would surely have been pulled down cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques, wherein the name of Allāh is oft commemorated. And. Allāh will surely help one who helps Him. Allāh is indeed Powerful, Mighty. (22:41). The verse gives the second reason which led the poor and weak. Muslims to take up arms. It was that they were driven out from their hearths and homes without a just and legitimate cause -- their only crime being that they believed in one God. For years the Muslims were persecuted at Mecca, then they were driven out from it and were not left in peace even in their exile at Medina. They continued to be harassed there too. Islām was threatened with complete extirpation by a combined attack from the Arabian tribes around Medina, among whom the influence of the. Quraish, on account of their being the custodians of the Ka'bah, was very great. Medina itself was honey-combed with sedition and treachery. The. Jews, compact and united, were opposed to the Holy Prophet". "Ahdullāh bin Ubayy, whose designs to become the crowned king of Medina had been upset by the Holy Prophet's" arrival in that city, and the Hypocrites were an additional source of great danger to Islām. The Quraish held out a threat to ‘Abdullah bin Ubayy that if the people of Medina gave shelter to the Holy Prophet and did not make common cause with them against the. Muslims they would attack Medina with all their powerful hosts and allies and would kill their men and carry their women to Mecca in captivity. sa sa sa. Thus Islām had to defend itself against much more powerful enemies at Medina than at Mecca. The position of the Muslims in the first few years of their life at Medina was decidedly much weaker than at. Mecca and the Holy Prophet's difficulties instead of lessening had greatly increased. It was under these highly unfavorable circumstances that the. Muslims had to take up arms to save themselves, their faith and their Holy. Prophet from extermination. If ever a people had a legitimate cause to fight, it were the Holy Prophet Muhammad" and his Companions", and yet sa sa ra 131