Islam’s resounding victory over joint Arab-Israelite army
Jul 12, 2017 06:43 UTC
Today the 17th of Shawwal is the anniversary of a very important event in the history of Islam and humanity that teaches us the plots of satanic elements, whether at present or whether in the future, will continue to fail, since it Is God Almighty Who has guaranteed the triumph of the righteous, no matter what great armies, alliances and arms, the wayward could muster.
It is the day the crucial Battle of Khandaq or Ditch, also known as Battle of Ahzaab or Confederates since the Arabs and Israelites had ganged up together against Islam, ended on a victorious note for Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny), as the Almighty Creator says in ayah 25 of Surah al-Ahzaab:
“Allah sent back the faithless in their rage, without their attaining any advantage, and Allah spared the faithful of fighting, and Allah is All-Strong, All-Mighty.”
This is how the Almighty Creator sums up the defeat and retreat of a formidable 10,000 strong joint Arab-Israelite force that had marched upon Medina to kill the Prophet with the help of the hypocrites amongst the Muslims, and to obliterate Islam.
Following the failure of the first ever armed encounter imposed upon the Prophet by the infidels of Mecca at Badr in 2 AH, the Arabs and the Israelites had been fuming with rage, and devised plans to uproot Islam.
Abu Sufyan, the archenemy of Islam held talks with the Arabicized Jew Ka’b al-Ashraf, and the two after showing reciprocal respect for each other’s creeds, pledged to muster a force against the Seal of Messengers. God Almighty has pointed to this conspiracy in ayah 53 of Surat-an-Nisa:
“Have you not regarded those who were given a share of the Book believing in the idol and the evil spirit, and saying of the pagans: These are better guided on the way than those who have faith (in Islam)”?
With the mysterious death of Ka’b, the joint plot did not materialize and the Omayyad infidel Abu Sufyan, in his thirst for avenging the defeat at Badr, marched upon Medina in 4 AH, but failed to achieve his goal – thanks to the swordsmanship of Imam Ali (AS) that had the year before saved the Prophet and Islam in the Battle of Ohad.
The next year in 5 AH, Abu Sufyan assembled warriors from as many Arab tribes as he could, and in league with the Israelite tribes of Banu Nadheer and Banu Quraydha (the latter having breached their pledge of neutrality to the Prophet), descended upon Medina with a force of 10,000 that boasted in their ranks the warlord Amr bin Abduwad, who was a veritable giant known for his brute strength.
Having been informed of the Arab-Israelite plot against Islam, the Prophet prepared the defences of Medina, whose natural fortifications were rocky heights and thick palm groves, and on the suggestion of his Iranian companion, Salman al-Farsi, dug a deep trench on the strip of the city that was vulnerable to enemy attack.
While digging the ditch that involved the removing of huge boulders which emitted sparks when struck by pickaxes, the Prophet gave tidings of the liberation of Syria, Iran, and Yemen by the Muslims in the future, at which the hypocrites amongst his companions expressed disbelief and hoped that this battle would result in the end of Islam.
When the confederate army arrived, it found its entry blocked by the newly dug ditch. For fifteen days, the joint Arab-Israelite forces maneuvered, often shooting arrows at the Muslim defenders on the other side, but couldn’t find a way to enter the city.
With patience stretched thin, on the 17th of Shawwal, Amr bin Abduwad, along with two other horsemen found the narrowest point of the ditch and managed to spur their horses for a giant leap to the other side.
Amr hurled a spear at the Prophet’s tent and challenged the Muslims to single combat, at which most of the Sahaba (Salaf or progenitors of today’s Salafis, Wahhabis, Takfiri terrorists) quaked with fear, while the hypocrites amongst them, devised plans to seize the Prophet and hand him over to the enemy.
The Prophet of Peace, in order to impart an immortal lesson to mankind that anyone who dares to desecrate the sanctity of the Messenger of God and whatever he possess is worse than an animal, said “man li hadha al-kalb”. It means: Who will confront this dog. Thrice he repeated these words and on all three occasions no one rose, except his dear cousin, son-in-law and divinely-designated heir, Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (AS).
Some of the Muslims (the 5th column), instead of responding to the Prophet’s call, started to praise the strength and physical power of Amr bin Abduwad in a bid to demoralize the ranks of the faithful – similar to what the self-styled Muslims in the service of the US and the West do today, by extolling the military might of the illegal Zionist entity and the benefits for the Arabs to ally with the Israelis against Islamic Iran.
The Prophet gave permission to the Imam to face the challenge of the Arab-Israelite warlord, saying “the embodiment of faith is all set to fight embodiment of infidelity.”
The rest is history. As recorded in all books of hadith and history, by both Sunni and Shi’a Muslim authorities, Imam Ali (AS), after inviting Amr to Islam, and telling him to leave in peace instead of risking his life – conditions which the arrogantly ignorant pagan spurned – engaged in combat and won the fray.
With a flashing stroke his famous twin-bladed sword Dhu’l-Feqar, Imam Ali (AS) dispatched Amr to the netherworld, but not before allowing him to renew the life-and-death combat, because the cowardly representative of the Arab-Israelite force, when hurled to the ground, had dared to spit at him.
That was among the reasons the Prophet had hailed his cousin’s selfless feat which was solely for the sake of God and without personal emotions involved in the combat, as “The stroke of Ali on the Day of Khandaq is superior to the worship of the Thaqalaynd (mankind and jinn combined).”
At this spectacle, the Arab-Israelite force, which was viewing the combat from the other side of the ditch, lost heart, and as God Almighty sent strong gales to disrupt their encampment, the enemies fled.
Thus saving the Prophet and Islam from yet another nefarious plot, and of course, sparing the rest of the Muslims (the weak of faith and the hypocrites combined) from a fight for which they had no stomach.
The lessons of the Battle of Khandaq are all too obvious for us, and teaches us that victory for Islam and Muslims is only possible through firm adherence to the path of Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and progeny). The true path of the Prophet means allegiance to Imam Ali (AS) and the rest of the blessed Ahl al-Bayt, in these crucial times, when Global Arrogance led by the Great Satan (the US) has in its ranks an alliance of the devilish Zionists and the reactionary Arab regimes for splitting the unity of the Islamic Ummah through cannibalistic Takfiri terrorists, who are worse than rabid dogs in view of their cowardly crimes against Muslims and the rest of humanity.
In commemoration of this glorious triumph of Islam over the joint Arab-Israelite force, mosques were built near the site of the Ditch in Medina, such as the Fath or Victory Mosque, the Mosque of Imam Ali (AS), the Mosque of the Prophet’s Daughter Hazrat Fatema Zahra (peace upon her), and the Mosque of Salman Farsi, the Prophet’s Iranian companion, on whose suggestion the Ditch was dug at the vulnerable point of Medina to prevent the enemy from entering the city. Over the past millennium and four centuries pilgrims to the Land of Revelation and local believers used to offer prayers at these mosques.
Unfortunately, these mosques have now been destroyed by the heretical Wahhabi cult, which despite its claim to be Muslim, follows Abu Sufyan, the infidel Arabs and the Israelites, as is evident by the open dalliance between the spurious British-created entity called Saudi Arabia and the illegal Zionist entity called Israel.
We pray to God Almighty for the reappearance of the Prophet’s 12th and Last Infallible Heir, Imam Mahdi (AS), and establishment of the global government of peace, prosperity and justice, in order to end tyranny and root all these heretical cults, such as the Wahhabis and Takfiris, which have tarnished the image of Islam and Muslims.
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