LESSON
# 416 FROM HOLY QUR’AN
Preparations
For The Battle Of ‘Uhud
Surah
‘Aali ‘Imran (The Family Of ‘Imran, Chapter - 3)
Verse
–121 of 200, Section –13 (Part – 4)
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And when thou settedst forth at daybreak from
the housefolk to assign to the believers their positions for the battle. And
Allah is Hearer, Knower-
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Wa ‘iz gadawta
min ‘ah-lika tubaw-wi-‘ul-Mu’-miniina maqaa-‘ida
lil-qitaal. Wallaahu Samii-‘un
‘Aliim-
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Lesson
The events regarding preparations for the battle,
departure
from home to the battleground and drawing up in flanks for the battlefield by Holy Messenger (grace, glory,
blessings and peace of Allah Almighty be upon him) have been pointed out in
this verse. Holy Prophet (grace,
glory, blessings and peace be upon him) proceeded from home for the crusade in
the right path early in morning. He assigned
the positions to the Believers for the battle, caused to sit them down on the
appropriate lines of entrenchments and arranged the map of battlefield.
Here
it signifies towards the Battle of ‘Uhad.
Afterwards, the events and circumstances will be mentioned continuously about
the Battle of ‘Uhad. It seems
appropriate to describe the events of this battle (Gazwah) briefly in this lesson, so that there would not be necessary
to repeat it again and again.
On Saturday,
March 19, 625 (3 Shawwal) 3 AH, the Quraysh
of Mecca lead their Army to Medina with three thousand selected braves. One
year prior, they suffered a defeat in the battle of Badr. So now, they came with full preparations. Holy Prophet (grace, glory,
blessings and peace be upon him) consulted
his companions (may Allah Almighty be pleased with them). The old people
advised that self-defense should be arranged staying within the city. ‘Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (the chief of the Khazraj tribe) and leader of the hypocrites had also this opinion. The
young people said, “It is the sign of weakness; we should go out and fight
against them. We shall defend with stakes and engage in a desperate undertaking
at each cost.
Holy Messenger of Allah (grace, glory,
blessings and peace be upon him) agreed to this suggestion, came out from his
house wearing the armor and departed towards the battlefield from the city with
other Muslim. Total numbers of Muslims were one thousand. ‘Abd-Allah ibn
Ubayy (leader of the hypocrites) returned with his three hundred
disbelievers saying that ‘when you did not agree to us then we would not cooperate
with you’.
Holy Prophet (grace, glory,
blessings and peace be upon him) delivered the flag over to Hadrat Mas-‘ab bin
‘Umar (may Allah Almighty be pleased
with him), appointed Hadrat Zubair
bin Awam (may Allah Almighty be
pleased with him) as commander of
the troop of the horses, kept the people (who were not in armor) under
the command of Hadrat Amir Hamza (may Allah Almighty be pleased with him),
determined fifty archers at a pass (of
the mountain) under supervision of Hadrat ‘Abd-Allah bin Zubair (may Allah Almighty be pleased with him) and ordered them not to leave the pass at
any cost. This battle of right and wrong began with these preparations.
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