The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 340
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 340 Prophet sa. However, as soon as the Holy Prophet sa hit the ground, Ḥaḍrat ‘Alī ra and Ṭalḥah ra raised him up. When the Muslims were assured that the Holy Prophet sa was alive and safe, their faded countenances lit up in joy. 1 Now, slowly and gradually the heat of battle began to subside, partly due to the reason that the disbelievers had become somewhat relaxed in the belief that Muḥammad [sa] , the Messenger of Allāh, had been martyred. Hence, they diverted their attention from battle and began to tend to their dead, while others began to mutilate the bodies of the Muslim martyrs. On the other side, most of the Muslims had also scattered. After the Quraish had fallen back to some extent and the Muslims who were present in the battlefield caught sight of the Holy Prophet sa , they gathered around him. With this party of Companions, the Holy Prophet sa slowly began to climb to the mountain top and reached a secure mountain pass. 2 On the way, Ubayy bin Khalf, a chief of Makkah caught sight of the Holy Prophet sa. Blinded by his enmity and malice, he ran towards the Holy Prophet sa calling out the words, َ ل َا نَجَوْت ُ اِن ْ نَجَوْت i. e. , “If Muḥammad [sa] escapes alive then I am finished. ” The Companions attempted to restrain him, but the Holy Prophet sa said, “Leave him and let him come to me. ” When he reached in close range of the Holy Prophet sa in order to attack him, the Holy Prophet sa took a lance and administered a single strike, by which he took a spin and fell to the ground. Then he stood up and ran back yelling and screaming, and although the wound was not too severe, he was laid to rest before reaching Makkah. 3 When the Holy Prophet sa had arrived at the mountain pass, a contingent of the Quraish headed by Khālid bin Walīd attempted to ascend the mountain and wage an attack, but on the command of the Holy Prophet sa , Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar ra fought them along with a few Muhājirīn and drove them off. 4 1 As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 533, Sha’nu ‘Āṣimibni Thābit, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 2 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 535, Sha’nu ‘Āṣimibni Thābit, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 70, Thumma Dakhalatis-Sanatuth-Thālithatu Minal-Hijrah / Ghazwatu Uḥud, Dārul- Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) 3 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 272, Man Qutila Minal-Muslimīna Yauma Uḥud, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, pp. 535-536, Sha’nu ‘Āṣimibni Thābit, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 4 As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 537, Sha’nu ‘Āṣimibni Thābit, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001)