abu-bakr-naji-the-management-of-savagery-the-most-critical-stage-through-which-the-umma-will-pass

some of them are in their cars and most of them were putting on protective jackets! An
uninterrupted chain of (such) tales and stories from the depths of history began on the day
of Badr and extends throughout all of the battles of the mujahids as long as they readied the
equipment of faith—purity of intention, purpose, and banner (under which you fight) and
complete trust (in God)—after adopting the best means (of carrying out the battle). One of
the brothers relates that after Khost in Afghanistan was conquered, the mujahids surrounded
it for a long period of time waiting for the arrival of some of the armored vehicles which the
mujahids had taken as plunder from previous battles, in order to use them to conquer the
fortress in which Russian troops were entrenched. This seems to say, "We will not be
defeated when these armored vehicles come." When the armored vehicles came and they
began to attack, shells fell and destroyed the tanks and the mujahids fled and some were
killed. Afterwards, they gathered for a time and surrounded the fortress once again and
relied upon God. They do not think about armored vehicles and they stormed the fortress
with only their light weapons. The brother says that he was lying in wait on lookout from
the top of the mountain. "I saw the same troops of the enemy, who had destroyed the
armored vehicles previously, heedlessly flee, leaving their light and heavy weaponry behind."
Thus, Khost was conquered. How did God-given tranquility [sakina, God's holy presence]
descend upon the mujahids while they were weak and how did the troops of the enemy flee
while they were in a more advantageous position? "[God has already helped you on many
fields,] and on the day of Hunayn, when your multitude was pleasing to you, but it availed
you naught, and the land for all its breadth was strait for you, and you turned about,
retreating. Then God sent down upon His Messenger His Sakina, and upon the believers,
and He sent down legions you did not see, and He chastised the unbelievers; and that is the
recompense of the unbelievers." (Qur'an 9:25-26)