Chief of the Prophets

Chief of the Prophets — Page 105

Chapter Six 105 shall remain none who would worship You on the face of this earth. 1 On the other side, Abū Jahl also prayed: O God, annihilate the side today in the battlefield that has severed ties of kinship, and created an innovation in religion. According to the description of the Qur’ān, Abū Jahl prayed at that occasion or earlier in the following words: O Allah, if this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from heaven or bring down upon us a grievous punishment. (Al-Anfāl 8:33) Soon afterwards the battle started raging. The Muhājirūn destroyed rank after rank of enemies. The Anṣār’s enthusiasm could be assessed from the following description of ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin ‘Auf ra : While I was fighting in the front line on the Day (of the Battle) of Badr, suddenly I looked behind and saw on my right and left two young boys and did not feel safe by standing between them (because in such battles, the outcome greatly depends on the fighters around you). Then one of them whispered secretly in my ear so that his companion may not hear, “O Uncle! Where is that Abū Jahl (who gave grief to Muḥammad sa in Makkah)? I said, “O nephew! What will you do to him?” He said, “I will either kill him or be killed before I kill him. ” Then the other nudged me and whispered the same in my other ear. I would not have been pleased to be between any other men on that day instead of those two boys. I pointed them in the direction of 1 Bukhārī and Muslim.