Fear and Rain

The first battle fought by the Prophet Muhammed against the un believers
was Great Badr battle. Muslims were very few in number whereas
unbelievers were in large numbers. Un believers were confident that they
will defeat Muslims. They thought so because they depended on their own
materialistic calculation which assume victory for armies of large numbers.
The time of battle approached and the situation became tense. Quran
described it by saying “And remember when ye met, He showed them to
you as few in your eyes: And He made u appear As contemptible in their
eyes : That Allah might accomplish A matter already enacted [8:44]. Un
believer found the number of Muslims about three hundred holy warrior.
The number of unbelievers was two thousand out of which two hundreds
were fairs ( the single Fairs stands against ten ordinary fighters). As the
above Quranic says, the un believers belittled the Muslims because they
were few in number and will definitely get defeated. The un believers
thought that it will not only be a victory in a battle but it will also be an
ideological victory. Therefore they started making a propaganda to exploit
the situation and achieve a stronghold over Muslims. The unbelievers out
of their confidence of victory started to supplicate and say “Oh Allah give
knows who are besiding Truth and who are on the right path. They are the
Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and his companions. Therefore in such
circumstances he will not neglect His worshipers. The Prophet realized that
the battle is a crucial battle and a turning point in the history of Islam. He
prayed and appealed for help and aid from Allah and Allah accepted his
appeal. Quran says “Remember ye implored The assistance of your Lord,
And He answered you “I will assist you with a thousand of the angels,
Ranks on Ranks, Allah made it but a message of hope, and an assurance
To your hearts”[8:9-10]. It means that when Muslims see the soldiers of
Allah (the angels) came to help them. Then their hearts will be fearless and
stable, however, victory is from Allah it is neither from angels nor from
people. Then what happened ? A state of sleeping restored their physical
strength and made their morale high but some of them, but some of them,
but some of them got night fall. Generally a man who gets night fall must
undergo ablution by water so that to be pure for the purpose of prayers and
other worshipping activities. But they were in desert and there was no
enough water for such a project of ablutions. At morning satan wanted to
make a notorious exploitation of this situation. It started a malicious
preaching by advising those who got night-fall not to fight otherwise if they
die, they will meet Allah and they are impure. However, Allah repulsed the
cunning more of satan by sending rain to purify Muslims and expel from
them the whisper of satan. Today, medical circles state that when one gets
afraid, a specific type of material get secreted in the blood. This material
makes limbs unstable. However, to stabilize the limbs and reduce the
amount of this destabilizing material it is advisable to scatter water on the
subject person. Moreover the rain which was sent by Allah was a material
help for stabilizing the sandy soils under the feet. Because if the moving
sand becomes wet then it turns to be relatively stable and feet can move on
it firmly and without sinking in it. Then what happened the stable sand may
be a boon for both, Muslims and unbelievers. But a factor which shakes the
balance of power has come in favor of Muslim; it is the angels, Ranks on
Ranks”. Then the unbelievers started seeing the number of Muslims had
suddenly increased. The unbelievers thought that the Muslims have
become double of them. This was a Godly tactics. Quran says “Remember
thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message); “Iam with you; give
firmness to the Believers : Smite ye above their necks And smite all their
Finger-tips off them” [8:12] Source : “Knowledge is the path for faith” By :
Shaikh Abdul Majeed El Zindani