Anfal 42
42- AS YOU WERE AT THE NEAR SIDE OF THE VALLEY, AND THEY WERE AT THE FAR SIDE OF THE VALLEY AND THE CARAVAN WAS BELOW YOU; HAD YOU DATED, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT IT WAS SO THAT ALLAH MAY FULFIL A MATTER WHICH WAS TO HAPPEN, SO THAT ALLAH MAY DESTROY THOSE WHO WERE TO PERISH WITH CLEAR EVIDENCE, AND LET LIVE THOSE WHO LIVED ON CLEAR EVIDENCE, AND ALLAH HEARS AND KNOWS ALL THINGS.
The Muslim army was not very well equipped, as they did not expect to fight another army, but a trading caravan guarded by some forty men.
Badr was a spring between Makah and Medina where people and caravans used to stop for rest and water and watering their animals. The caravan of a thousand camels lead by Abu Sofian was planning to stop at Badr as usual.
Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him sent two of his companions to look out for the caravan and to gather news about the caravan. When they arrived to Badr, they went to fill their skins with water and to water their animals. There were two girls talking by the water, and they overheard one of them asking the other for what she owed her, and the other girl said that she will pay her in a day or two after making some trading with the caravan expected to arrive.
In the meantime, Abu Sofian decided to go ahead of his caravan to look at Badr and check for its safety. He asked people if they saw anything unusual today, and they said that they just saw two men with their camels taking water. He went to where they stopped and looked at the camel’s dung to find that it had date stones, which is often found in the dung of the animals from Medina.
Abu Sofian rushed back to his caravan and took it to the sea shore road. He also sent to the Makans to come out to save their money in the caravan which they did, and a thousand men strong army marched out of Makah to protect the Caravan. Before the army reached Badr, Abu Sofian sent them that the caravan is away and safe from the Muslims, and they could turn back. Abu Jahl however vowed to get to the water of Badr where they will feast, eat, sing and drink win for 3 nights, to be heard of, and in order to keep their prestige and status among the Arab tribes.
Both armies were racing to get to the water of Badr before the other. Allah the Highest sent cloud which rained over the Muslims as well as the disbelievers, the rain over the Muslims and in their way was not very heavy. This allowed them to have water, water themselves and their animals, and in the meantime, it made the ground firmer and their marching faster.
The rain over and on the way of the disbelievers to Badr was heavier which turned the ground to mud and hindered their marching and progress.
Consequently, the Muslims reached the spring of Badr first.
The Muslims took position according to the advice of one of the Sahabah to Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him to control the water and deprive the disbelievers of it. The Makan’s army camped a little way from the spring of Badr but out of sight. They sent two young men to get them water, and the Muslims caught them. They were interrogated and even hit to tell about the size of the army. This happened while Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him was praying, when he finished he said: “Do you hit them when they tell you the truth and leave them when they lie”. Then he said: “Tell me about Qurish army?” They said: “They are behind that sand hill on the other side of the valley”. He said: “How many are they?” They said: “Many”. He said: “How many camels they slaughter every day?” they said: “Nine one day and ten the next”. He said: “They are between 900 and 1000”. He said: “Who of the nobility of Qurish are there?” They said the names of many of them” He said: “This is Makah has thrown to you its most precious”.
Next morning the army of the disbelievers marched to Badr.
Saad Ibn Moaz who was one of the leaders of the Ansar said to Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him: “Allah’s messenger, shall we build you a canopy and leave with you an animal to ride, then we meet our enemy, should Allah gives us victory against them, this is what we like, but if it is the other, you ride back to those we left behind who do not love you any less than we do, and had they known that there will be a battle, they would not have stayed behind”. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said dawa for him. They built a canopy for him where he stayed accompanied by Abu Bakr. He went on praying and pleading to Allah the Highest for support and victory.
When the army of Qurish appeared from behind the hill, Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Allah, this is Qurish coming full of pride and arrogance, opposing You and rejecting Your messenger, Allah I beg you to destroy them today”.
The Muslim’s and the disbeliever’s armies met that day without prior arrangement. The Muslim army came from the near end of the valley; the disbeliever’s army came from the far end of the valley, while the caravan was traveling on the lower ground by the sea. Had they planned to meet, they could not have arranged it as well as Allah the Highest did.
The battle of Badr was a landmark, for it was a day when Allah the Highest showed His clear support for the believers, and with that support they were victorious.
Those who were killed of the disbelievers, were clear about their disbelief and those who had victory were clear about their faith and belief.
Anfal 43-44
43- AS ALLAH SHOWED THEM TO YOU IN YOUR DREAM AS FEW AND, HAD HE SHOWED THEM TO BE MANY, YOU WOULD HAVE LOST HEART AND DISAGREED, BUT ALLAH SAVED YOU, FOR HE KNOWS WHAT IS IN YOUR HEARTS.
44- AND AS HE SHOWS THEM AS FEW TO YOUR EYES WHEN YOU MET, AND MADE YOU LOOK FEW TO THEIR EYES, SO THAT WHAT WAS DESTINED TO HAPPEN HAPPENS, AND TO ALLAH ALL MATTERS ARE REFERRED TO BE DECIDED.
Allah the Highest showed His messenger prayer and peace upon him a vision before the battle of Badr. In this vision, he showed him the disbelievers to be few, fewer than they actually were. This was to encourage him and the Muslims to fight and in order that they do not lose heart and disagree. Seeing them as being few in the vision does not necessarily mean that they were few, but possibly that they were not strong. This was the first battle of the Muslims against the disbelievers, and Allah the Highest did not want them to lose heart but wanted to encourage them to fight. The vision was a reassurance as well as encouragement. The Muslims could have disagreed and possibly withdraw before the battle had they thought the disbelievers army to be large, however, Allah the Highest destined for this first and decisive battle to take place, and His will have to be done.
On the day of the battle, the two armies faced each other, and Allah the Highest made both armies see the other as being fewer or weaker than they actually were. This encouraged each side to go into the battle, so that the battle which Allah the Highest ordained to take place, takes place.
We notice in our lives that whenever fate takes its course, things happen regardless of the odds, and the unexpected happens.
Believing in fate is an integral part of the Muslim Faith. When Gabriel peace upon him went to speak to Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him in Medina in the form of a man and in front of the other Muslims, he asked: “Tell me about Faith”. Mohamed prayer and peace upon him said: “It is to believe in Allah, His angels, His books and His messengers, the last day, and to believe in Fate, the good and bad of it”. Gabriel said: “You said the truth”. (M; Eman; 1)
Fate take place in our lives, all of us, we recognise it sometimes, and do not at other times. It can be in meeting the person we marry, work, some fortune or misfortune. It is Allah’s will for us, and we have to accept and be contented with.
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