LETTER TO ABU SUFYAN
Received your letter. I know that you have ever been steeped in
pride and arrogance against Allah the Supreme.
You have mentioned of an attack to be made on Medinah with
a valiant army, which is bent on laying waste Medinah. Let it be clear to you
that this depends on the Will of Allah! If He will so wish, He could deprive
you of the power even to utter the names of Lat and Uzza. You are amazed that I
did not know the ditch method (for defence). You should know that this method
has been made known to me by Allah because your wrath and rage has reached such
a point that you are bent on dilapidating Medinah.
You should know that far from your empty hopes being realised,
time has now come when Lat and Uzza, Manat and Naela are shattered to pieces.
Note: When the Muslims, due to the unbearable oppression,
migrated to Medinah, the Quraish started preparation to invade the City, so
that the Muslims should not stay in peace. In the 2nd Hijri they invaded with
one thousand strong army, whereas the Muslims numbered only 313. The combat
took place at Badr. The Quraish incurred heavy losses and laid down arms. All
their famous and brave leaders were killed. The second battle was fought at
Uhud, in which the Muslims suffered heavily due to their not complying with the
orders of the Holy Prophet (Sal Allaho Alehe Wasallam). The combat was,
however, indecisive. In the 5th Hijri, the Quraish collected a huge army of 10
thousand, which included the Jews of Khyber also. This time they hoped to crush
the Muslims in the very first attack. The Holy Prophet (Sal Allaho Alehe
Wasallam) had trenches dug in the north of Medinah and thus cut off the route
of the Quraish. The latter were totally upset to see the trenches. Abu Sufyan,
who was highly enraged, wrote a threatening letter to the Holy Prophet(Sal
Allaho Alehe Wasallam), in which he said that his big army would totally
devastate Medinah. The above letter of the Holy Prophet (Sal Allaho Alehe
Wasallam) was in reply thereto.
The Quraish besieged Medinah for several weeks, but could
not capture it. One day a strong and violent wind blew which uprooted the tents
of the Quriash. Their camels and horses ran away, and their cauldrons upturned.
The result was that the Quraish were highly depressed and their courage gave
way. The lost hope of a victory and left the battle field during the night.
This was the last attack of the Qurasih on Medinah.
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