WHO WROTE THE QURAN

4. *** Kitab-e-Dalail-e-Nabawwut Syedna Muhammad (S), by Abdul JabbarQaramati, written 150 years before Tabari, the first ever 'canonized'historian5.***Darul Afaq Publishing Company of Beirut6. *** Haroon Wa Baramikatil Faras by Sheikhul Ifta Salman bin Abu QasimBaghdadi. Vol 1 pg 31-557. *** Mujahid-al-Munafiq Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal by Abdul Muhsin binMullah Ali Al-Qari, pg 67-135I do not know if Maktaba Adnan in Beirut and Darul Afaq PublishingCompany of Beirut are still surviving after the 2004-5 bombing of the cityby Isreal.THE CHAPTER PROPHET'S 06 (S) BATTLES: It must be noted that all battles during thelifetime of the exalted Prophet took place within a radius of 80 miles ofMadinah. Makkah, the center of the arch-enemies was 270 miles away. Thisfact proves beyond doubt that they were fought in self-defense. GhazwahHunain is the only exception in that it was fought in the Valley of Hunainbetween Taaif and Makkah (Feb 630). The peaceful Muslims were attackedby opponents when the Prophet (S) and the Sahaba Kiraam were returningfrom the conquest of Makkah.HOW MUCH BLOODSHED: - For the greatest Revolution in history? In the19 Ghazwaat (Battles in which the exalted Prophet participated) and 63Sarayah (skirmishes in which he did not personally participate) the totalloss of life was minimal with 259 Muslims and 759 opponents getting slain,a total of 1,018. Not a single non-combatant was killed or harmed in these82 battles.Much detail, usually irrational, can be found in history books about thesebattles. Please recall Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal's confession: "Three kindsof books are absolutely unfounded, Maghazi, Malaham and Tafseer"(Battles in which the exalted Prophet was present, Squirmishes andExpositions of the Quran). The above well-researched paragraph on theBattles sums up the basics. Any reports contradicting these basics havebeen found to be non-Quranic and, therefore, fabricated. We can savemuch valuable time here by briefly describing only some of these importantBattles.THE BATTLE OF BADR: Apparently a minor event, the Battle of Badr,turned the tide of human history for all times to come. It was the secondyear after Hijrah (624 CE). The pagans in Makkah knew that Islam wasconquering hearts and minds in the state of Madinah. They were afraid thatthe revolution would eventually reach them, so, they decided to nip it in the69