Signs of ar-Rahman - Hoor al-Ayn

accompany them. I would then tell the Mujaahideen:‘The help of Allaah has come.Once, our ZK1 anti-aircraft gun was destroyed. We made Du’a untoAllaah Ta’ala. He then sent over us a cloud that screened us from theaircrafts.He also said:Once, 600 tanks and armored carriers attacked us. We were only a groupof Mujaahideen with 14 rifles, some sticks and swords. Allaah Ta’alacaused them to be destroyed....How many of the enemy fled upon hearing “Allaahu Akbar!”Muhammad Dawood Chayrat, a leader at Wardak, told me:The tanks surrounded us from all sides, and the aircrafts covered thehorizon. We were a large number of Mujaahideen, and the enemy wasmore than ten thousand, with hundreds of tanks. Most of the Mujaahideenfled, and about 20 of us remained. We were sure of death. Eleven of usgained Shahaadat, and the remaining nine were wounded and completelyexhausted. This was after experiencing two days of thirst, and it was alsoRamadhaan [i.e. they were fasting]. The tanks advanced to capture us alive,so we rang out in one voice:“Allaahu Akbar!” It was as if an entire city had said the Takbeer. The tankswere destroyed by the sound of the Takbeer.One of the Favours of Allaah Ta’ala is that the area of Afghanistanbordering on Pakistan has been open. The tribes living in this frontier areself-governing, i.e. they are not subject to any government.This created an easy passage for the Mujaahideen to Pakistan. It is for thefear of Jihaad that the West has blockaded Bosnia. Nevertheless, AllaahTa’ala has provided a way in and out for those that are sincere.On the battlefield are 8000 Madrasah students [i.e. those undertakinghigher Islamic education] who study in the Madrasahs run by the79