A Letter to a Dear One — Page 54
54 Letter to a Dear One [12:93], that they were not going to be avenged. With the exception of a few, who were punished for their specific crimes, the Meccans were completely pardoned. This is a unique and matchless example of mercy and forgiveness in the history of the world. Bravery The Holy Prophet’s ( ” allall ā hu ‘alaihi wa sallam) personal bravery and courage and his faith and trust in Allah were supreme. His enemies used to say that Muhammad ( ” allall ā hu ‘alaihi wa sallam) had fallen in love with his Lord. Indeed there is no doubt that he had fallen in love with his Lord and his Lord loved him. During the migration to Medina, at one point the Holy Prophet ( ” allall ā hu ‘alaihi wa sallam) hid in a cave. A group of Meccans followed him to the cave. © a ñ rat Ab ū Bakr (ra ñ iyall ā hu ‘anhu) narrated that the feet of some of these people appeared just above the cave and had they peered down carefully they would have spotted the Holy Prophet ( ” allall ā hu ‘alaihi wa sallam). When © a ñ rat Ab ū Bakr (ra ñ iyall ā hu ‘anhu) expressed his anxiety, the Holy Prophet said to him, £GÀG ∑ G › G FOZ R wI~ M wG¯M©G† ê [9: 40], “Do not worry, our Allah is with us. ” What a perfect belief. During a battle the Muslims were in a very weak position and only a handful of Companions were left with the Holy Prophet ( ” allall ā hu ‘alaihi wa sallam). The Holy Prophet ( ” allall ā hu ‘alaihi wa sallam) was himself injured. The non-believers started calling out the names of certain noble Companions in order to find out whether they had survived or not. The Holy Prophet ( ” allall ā hu ‘alaihi wa sallam) told his Companions, including the ones being called out, not to answer. When the Holy Prophet’s ( ” allall ā hu ‘alaihi wa sallam) name was called out, everyone was again told to keep quiet. When the non-believers did not get a reply, they conjectured that everyone was killed. They raised a slogan of joy, hailing the name of one of their idols, calling out that it had overcome. The Holy Prophet’s ( ” allall ā hu ‘alaihi wa sallam) honor could not tolerate this. He told his Companions to raise a slogan aloud that Allah is the Greatest and the Supreme.