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ambush or reinforcement for <strong>the</strong> small number <strong>of</strong> Muslims: "I saw that <strong>the</strong>y have 300 men,<br />

more or less. However, O assemblage <strong>of</strong> Quraysh, I saw <strong>the</strong> tribulations caused by fate. We<br />

plainly state that Yathrib is <strong>the</strong> bearer <strong>of</strong> stagnant death and a people who have no power or<br />

refuge save <strong>the</strong>ir swords. By God, what I saw is that a man among <strong>the</strong>m fights until he kills<br />

a man from among you. If <strong>the</strong>y strike you down in accordance with <strong>the</strong>ir numbers, what<br />

good is living afterwards? Open your eyes!"<br />

We take from this incident that if we are able to truly make <strong>the</strong> enemy feels this way and<br />

reinforce it (as our forebears did during <strong>the</strong>ir time), that <strong>will</strong> be <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> his defeat,<br />

by <strong>the</strong> permission <strong>of</strong> God. Let <strong>the</strong> readers refer to books <strong>of</strong> sira [books about Muhammad<br />

and his Companions] in order to read about <strong>the</strong> effect <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se words on <strong>the</strong> ranks <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Quraysh.<br />

By <strong>the</strong> permission <strong>of</strong> God, those feelings <strong>will</strong> be <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> path toward hastening<br />

<strong>the</strong> exhaustion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> enemy's patience. Truly, our battle with him is a battle <strong>of</strong> patience.<br />

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"O believers, be patient, and vie you in patience; be steadfast; fear God; happily so you <strong>will</strong><br />

prosper" (Qur'an 3:200). Praise be to God, <strong>the</strong> Lord <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> worlds.

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