The opposition and oppression of Quraish against Our beloved Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) went on increasing day by day. That was not enough, the disbeliever held a secret meeting presided by Abu Jahl, they decided to assassinate the Prophet during sleep night. The Prophet, however, managed to slip quietly from his house.
He then, migrated to Madinah with his companion, the Muslim community was living vey happily and peacefully at the new place along with their Prophet. But, the idolaters were not prepared to let them live in peace. So, after a short while they assembled a huge army and invaded Madinah.
The Prophet came out with a small army of 313 Muslims to defend the city, while they were 1,000. The first battle between the Muslims and the pagans was fought at Badr, a small village on the outskirts of Madinah. The pagans suffered a crushing defeat. Abu Jahl and many other of their notable leaders were killed. Enemy defeat cast a gloom of sadness and acute depression among the pagans. The fire of revenge and retaliation kept on burning in their hearts.
In 3 A.H, the revengeful pagans finalized their war preparations they invaded Madinah again with an army of 5,000 men. The Muslim forces comprised only 700. The two armies clashed around Uhud, a mountain three miles away from Madinah. The Muslim army far interior in size and equipment. But, they fought so heroically that the pagans soon started fleeing from the battlefield. At this, the victorious Muslims began to amass war spoils.
Basically, the Prophet had stationed 50 archers on a nearby strategic mountain pass in order to prevent a possible enemy attack from the rear. Those archers had been directed not to leave their positions in any case. On seeing the Muslims engaged in grabbing the booty the archers also joined the looting spree. Then, a huge turned occur!
When the retreating pagans saw the strategic mountain pass unmanned one of their seasoned warriors, Khalid bin Walid (who had not yet embraced Islam), made a lightening attack on the Muslims from that side. This sudden and surprise back attack changed the battle situation in enemy's favour. The Muslims sustained heavy losses. Even the Prophet lost four of his front teeth and had a narrow escape.
Seventy Muslims were martyred whereas only thirty pagans lost their life. Intoxicated by victory the pagans desecrated the Muslim martyrs and mutilated their organs. They then left for Makkah in a jubilant mood.
Deep message have been summarized in this blog:
"Negligence to Holy Prophet's clear-cut instructions about the archers turned a winning battle into a humiliating defeat."
So as a follower of Islam and Ummati of Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H), each and every instruction will be a guidance for all the Muslims and with that if we followed Prophet deeds as Holy Quran directed, we will be successful in this world or hereafter.
Sorry for advance if I made any mistake in this blog...
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