OCCASION OF REVELATION. (VERSE NO. 104)

      At the end of the battle of Ohud, when the Muslims fled in confusion and disorder, so that seventy of them were martyred and many wounded, the prophet, and a few of his companions who had not run away, stationed on the hill.

      It then so happened that ABUSOFYÄN the commander of the heathens stood at the foot of the hill and shouted:

      O, Muhammad! A day was for you, and to-day is for us! In the battle of Badr you killed my people, and to-day I killed yours.''

      The prophet ordered one of his companions to answer him. The Muslims shouted in answer to him: ``Never is our conditions alike! Our Murders are in Paradise and your murders are in Hell!''

      ABUSOFYAN shouted again: ``The great idol, OZZA, belongs to us, and you have no idol to support you.'' The Muslim answered with the prophet's instruction: ``Allah is our Lord and protector while you have no one to protect you.''

      The lesson that we may take here is: ``When in to- day's world we see Muslims so much afflicted under the pressures of their enemies, with so many troubles and misfortunes, we ought not abandon to despair. We rather have to commit ourselves to the care of Allah and strive harder, and make use of the same means and weapons that our enemies use against us, and be hardy and active in solving our own problems.'' What a nice poem is composed by Shakespeare in this relation:

Cease to lament for that thou canst not help,

And study help for that which thou lament, est.

COMMENTS

      Following the verses of strive (JIHÄD) and emigration, we come to the verses of prepration and encouragement. If we have to endure some hardship in our affairs, the faithless too has to suffer that much of hardship, and more than that for having no faith in receiving divine support.

      In all our affairs, our faith in God, is a source of power for us and we expect some mysterious help from the heavens!