The main forces collided; Qureish was screaming obscenities. Some reports say that amongst the Meccans were women who lewdly promised their warriors sexual favors of great bounty for every Muslim killed!
The Muslims on the other hand were calling out to their Lord: 'Allah Hu Akbar! Allah Hu Akbar! La Illa ha Illalahu Allah Hu Akbar! Allahu Akbar Wa Lillahil Gamd!'
'God is Great! God is Great! There is no other God But Allah. God is Great! And there is none worthy of worship but He!'
It has been said that as the Muslims advanced into the midst of Qureish, chanting the name of Allah and praising his Greatness, a bevy of soldiers, whom no one knew, could be seen laying waste to the fighters of Qureish. These were the angels that Allah Almighty had promised Muhammed (pbuh)!
So fiercely they fought, that the followers of Muhammed (pbuh) found themselves driving the hordes of Qureish back with a strength that to this day boggles the mind of every historian and every Orientalist who has ever recorded this battle.
The force of Qureish was dealt such a telling blow (70 dead on the Meccans' side and only about 13 on the side of the Muslims) that the whole of Arabia, as well as the neighboring states, were seeing Muhammed (pbuh) in a completely different light. No more was he regarded as a 'trier' who was peddling a religion unto the weak-willed and the downtrodden. No more was he considered a false prophet who was misleading people by his preachings of the One God, but that he (Muhammed (pbuh)) was the true Messenger of that God. And whatever anyone thought of him as a political leader, or as a spiritual leader, or, for that matter, a military man, Muhammed (pbuh) carried the respect of all those who came into contact with him.
The city of Medina was preparing itself for the 'Rise of Islam!'
Article comments