Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 182
CHAPTER 8 The secrets of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Acceptance of Prayers 182 shoulders of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. The leaders of Quraish were immensely enjoying this scene of torture. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was unable to raise his head and continued to prostrate. His daughter Hadrat F at imah ra came and removed this heavy and filthy burden from his back. On raising his head the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa petitioned God for assistance against those who hinder him from worship and mock him and said" َّ َاَﻟﻠَّﻬُﻢ َﻠ ْ َ ﻴ ُک َ ﺑِﻘ ْ ﺮ ٍ ﻳ ﺶ "meaning, "O All a h, You take Quraish to task". This prayer was accepted by God and His chastisement came on the day of Badr. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa saw their terrible end with his own eyes when their dead bodies littered the battle field and in the intense heat disfiguring of their faces. 79 As a result of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's prayers this was their tragic end. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa wrote a letter to Chosroes emperor of Persia, who tore it to bits. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa prayed to All a h, "O All a h, break his kingdom to smithereens". 80 History bears testimony to the fact that this prayer about this grand empire was accepted in an amazing manner. In a few years such upheaval occurred in this kingdom that the emperors were killed at the hands of internal enemies and the whole empire was ultimately destroyed. When ‘Utbah bin Ab i