Our God — Page 119
Logical Arguments for the Existence of God 119 the coals burned out under his back. However, this faithful servant did not give up God. Samiyyah ra was a poor Muslim woman. Abu Jahl intimidated her, [saying] give up Islam or else I will torture you to death, but she declined and held fast to Islam. Ultimately, the vicious man thrust a spear into her private parts and martyred her in the scorching fields of Makkah. These are but a few early narratives of the religious war waged by the Quraish of Makkah against the poor and helpless Muslims. The master and leader of the Muslims (may my life be sacri- ficed for him) was himself stoned by the wicked people of Taif and extensively wounded from head to toe, till his shoes were filled with his own blood. He was socially boycotted in Makkah in an effort to kill him. When these atrocities reached their climax and the Quraish decided to assassinate Muhammad saw at all costs, to bring an end to it all, the Holy Prophet saw , accompanied by some of his followers, migrated from Makkah to Madinah to cool off the Quraish, so that they may let the Muslims live in peace and they may continue their peaceful preaching unhindered. But this infuriated the Quraish even more, and their leaders went around the country stirring up the Arab tribes against the Muslims, leav- ing them, as it were, trapped in a bushfire without an escape route. The following historical narrative depicts the condition of the Muslims at the time: When Muhammad saw and his followers arrived and were given asylum in Madinah, the whole of Arabia rose up united against them. Those days the Muslims slept with their weapons at the ready and carried their weapons dur- ing daytime for fear of an enemy attack at any time. Greatly