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The Miracles of our Prophet (saas)

Allah has the pow er to do all of these things. It was good news
for our Prophet (saas) and his com mu ni ty that the Lord gave
them such a glo ri ous and mi rac u lous vic to ry. Many Muslim in -
ter pret ers and schol ars have spo ken of these things, among
them the great schol ar Omer Nashuhi Bilmen, who writes:
The ar my of Islam, ven tur ing war with the pol y the ists of the
Quraysh, ad vanced to wards the River Badr The Prophet (saas)
showed the pla ces where the ones from the en e my's ar my would be
killed, and this came about and was a great mir a cle. Eventually the
ar my of Qureysh came to the Badr and seized it. But the next day it
rained. The Companions had plen ty of wa ter, and their dis tress was
thus over come. They then de scend ed on to the bat tle field; the en e my
for ces were three times more nu mer ous than the Muslims, but still
they were afraid, and the fight ing be gan. Since the Muslims ap pre -
ci at ed the spir it u al val ue of ji had and mar tyr dom, they threw them -
selves with out fear, joy ful ly, in to the fray. At this point Omar's
freed man "Mahca" was killed. "Mahca is the lord of mar tyrs," said
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Our Prophet (saas) prayed:
"O Lord, grant me the vic to ry You prom ised," fell in to a light
slum ber, and im me di ate ly awoke smil ing. He ad dressed Abu Bakr,
who was by his side: "Glad tid ings, Abu Bakr. Gabriel and a great
num ber of an gels have come to our as sist ance." He then donned his
ar mor and left the tent. Some Muslim war ri ors were con cerned at
the num bers of the more nu mer ous en e my ar my who would take
part in the fight ing. At this, the glad tid ings were im part ed that
help would come to the Muslims from the pres ence of Allah by
means of an gels. According to the ac count, at that mo ment a pow -
er ful wind blew up and no body could see any thing. This was a sign
that Gabriel and a great num ber of the an gels had come to the bat -
tle field. Those an gels were rid ing white hors es. They ap peared in

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