Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 193
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 193 certainty of faith. An example of such a sign is the miracle of the splitting of the moon. The Moon was the emblem of Arab governments and splitting it in two pieces graphically indicated that the Quraish rule was going to be reduced to smithereens. Their national unity would be torn apart. In S u rah Al-Qamar َ ُ ﺳ ُ ﻴ ُﻬْﺰَم َاجلَْﻤْﻊ ُ و َ ﻳ َﻮَﻟُّﻮْن اﻟﺪُّﺑُﺮ. (54:46) "The hosts shall soon be routed and will turn their backs in flight," the clear declaration of the defeat of a large opposing enemy of unbelievers confronting the Muslims is mentioned. In this period of weakness, this prophecy could have been labelled by the enemy as a madman's boast. They used to call the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa a conjuror and a madman. Then God fulfilled these promises in such an astounding fashion that the people of Makkah were aghast. Confirming this advance promise of victory, God says in the Holy Qur’ a n, ْ َوَاِذ ُ ﻳ ُّٰﻌِﺪُﻛُﻢ َاH اِﺣْﺪ ی ِٕ اﻟﻄَّﺂ Â َ ِْ ﻔَﺘ َّني اَﻧ ـ َ ﻬَﺎ ُ ﻟ { ْ ﻢ , (8:8) meaning: "And remember the time when All a h promised you one of the two parties that it should be yours. " When at Badr the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa saw a large, well equipped army and not the trade caravan which he expected to see, he was naturally worried about the situation. This army was bent upon destroying the weak unarmed Muslims. He feared All a h's attribute of being Independent and realizing his