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Islam and the Quran
the situation in a non-confrontational manner. One of
them, Salman Farsi who was from Persia, said that in
Iran whenever kings have to avoid a battle, they dig a
trench around their area. The Prophet liked this idea
and all of the Muslims together dug a trench around
Madinah. Madinah was covered from three sides: on one
side there were dense date palm trees and on two sides
there were mountains. So only one side of the city was
exposed to entry, while three sides of the city had natural
obstructions. On the exposed side, the Muslims dug a
trench so that the army of the opponents could not reach
Madinah. When the leader of Quraysh saw the trench, he
exclaimed:

By God, this is a strategy which the Arabs
know not of! (Sirah ibn Kathir, vol. 3, p.
202)

The digging of the trench was a matter of strategy. A
few skirmishes did take place at the time of the Battle
of Khandaq when some people from the other side tried
to get over the trench, but these were only one-to-one
engagements.

101 Should certain verses in
the Quran be updated?

f the text of a book is compromised fully or partially,
Ithen the veracity of the book becomes doubtful. This was
conveyed by the advocate Nani Palkhivala in the context
of the Indian Constitution. He said that the Constitution

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