Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 396
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 396 ways and in the end they hatched a plan to murder even the Holy Prophet s as. They pursued him and set a bounty to kill him. The Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was forced to hide in a cave. No stone was left unturned in pursuing him. It was only Allah’s miraculous design that He saved him from their eyes even though he was right in front of them. God deceived their eyes and saved His Messenger by lending him His special help. But when, finally, their tyr- anny exceeded all bounds and they were not satisfied even after expelling the Muslims from their homeland, Allah the Exalted gave this guidance: 1 ْر ی َنِذُا َنْيِذَّلِل َنْوُلَتٰقُي ْمُهَّنَاِب اْوُمِلُظ١ؕ َو َّنِا َهّٰللا ىٰلَع ْمِهِرْصَن ِدَقَل ْر ی َنِذُا َنْيِذَّلِل َنْوُلَتٰقُي ْمُهَّنَاِب اْوُمِلُظ١ؕ َو َّنِا َهّٰللا ىٰلَع ْمِهِرْصَن ِدَقَل God Almighty gave Muslims the permission to raise the sword. In this permission, God made it clear that the disbelievers were, indeed, tyrants and their mischief had exceeded all bounds, and the patience of the Muslims had been pushed to its limit. It was then that God decreed that those who had fought with the sword should be killed with the sword. God also decreed that, though the Muslims were just a few in number and weak, yet He was going to lend them His sup- port because they had been transgressed against and He would have the disbelievers killed through their hand. Ensuing from this decree, the same few people—who had been considered worthless and abject, whom no one wanted to assist or support, and who had been severely oppressed and constrained by the disbelievers—came to be held in awe both in the east and the west. In this way, God showed to the world, by helping them, 1. Permission to fight is given to those against whom war is made, because they have been wronged—and Allah indeed has power to help them ( S u rah al- H a jj , 22:40). [Publisher]