The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 165
IV - Battle of Badr, Establishment of the Islāmic Empire and Destruction of the Chieftains of the Quraish 165 ُ وَیَمْنَعُھَا مِن َ النَّوْم ِالسُّھُوْد ُ اَتَبْكِی ْاَن ْیَضِل َّلَھَا بَعِیْر ُ عَلی ٰ بَدْر ٍ تَقَاصَرَت ِ الْجُدُوْد ْ فَلَا َتَبْكِی ْعَلی ٰبَكْر ٍ و َ لٰكِن ِ وَبَكِّی ْ حَارِثًا اَسَد َ الْاُسُوْد ٍ وَبَكِّی ْ اِن ْ بَكَیْت ِ عَلی ٰعَقِیْل “Does this woman weep because she has lost her camel, and this grief does not allow her to sleep at night? O woman! why do you weep over a camel? Weep over Badr when our destiny favoured us not. Indeed! If weep you will, then weep for my ‘Aqīl, and my Ḥārith, the Lion of Lions. ” 1 Therefore, in this manner, the announcement to refrain from mourning was left in the dust and one after the other, all of the Quraish began to follow suit. There was only one home which was silent and it belonged to Abū Sufyān. Hind, the wife of Abū Sufyān, was the daughter of ‘Utbah bin Rabī‘ah, the head chieftain of the Quraish. It has already been mentioned that ‘Utbah, his son Walīd and his brother Shaibah, were put to dust in the field of Badr. However, Hind, who possessed attributes similar to that of men, did not utter a word in lamentation. People would come to her and inquire, “O Hind! Why are you silent?” Hind would respond: “If tears could extinguish the fire of my grief, I would weep as well, but I know that tears cannot extinguish my fire of anguish. Now, this fire will only be put out when you step into the field of battle against Muḥammad sa again and seek revenge for Badr. ” 2 The battle of Badr had a deep and lasting effect on both the disbelievers and the Muslims. It is for this reason that this battle possesses a distinct significance in the history of Islām; to such an extent, that the Holy Qur’ān has named this battle “ Yaumul-Furqān,” i. e. , the day upon which a manifest distinction was made between Islām and disbelief. There is no doubt that other wars also took place between the Quraish and the Muslims afterwards, and some of them were immensely fierce. At times, the Muslims 1 As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 441, Dhikru Ru’yā ‘Ātikata binti ‘Abdil-Muṭṭalib / Nuwāḥu Quraishin ‘Alā Qatlāhum, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 2 Kitābul-Maghāzī, By Abū ‘Abdillāh Muḥammad bin ‘Umar bin Wāqidil-Wāqidī, Volume 1, p. 121, Badrul-Qitāl, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, (2004)