Allah is Preparing us for Victory

Allah is Preparing us for Victory

Let’s look at history: does Allah ‘Azza wa Jall really prepare the ground for events and bring circumstances to fulfil an end? An example to prove this.

When ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab (radiyallahu ‘anhu) sent an army to fight against the Persian Empire. The leader of the Muslim army, Abu ‘Ubayda ath-Thaqafee (radiyallahu ‘anhu), was very courageous however he had taken more risks than he should have and that led to a defeat for the Muslims in the battle of al-Jisr. Half of the entire Muslim army in Persia was killed on that day.

So now it’s the golden opportunity for the Persian Empire to take out the rest of the Muslims; they thought the tide was turning in their favour. They thought that now they could kick out the Muslims who will loose all of the ground they have conquered so far. Mahmoud Shaakir, the author of At-Tareekh Al-Islami, said, “But Allah is with the believers.” If the believers fulfil the requirements of victory, they are going to get victory one way or another regardless of whether they have big numbers or not, whether they have the nuclear bomb or not, these are not the issues that matter. As long as you fulfil the requirements of Iman then Allah ‘Azza wa Jall will give you victory since Allah ‘Azza wa Jall says, ۤ ْا ﻮُﻨَﻣآ َﻦﻳِﺬﱠﻟٱ ِﻦَﻋ ُﻊِﻓاَﺪُﻳ َﻪﱠﻠﻟٱ ﱠنِإ ﴿ ﴾ Allah is the Protector of the believers. (al-Hajj: 38) Allah ‘Azza wa Jall is not the protector of the ones who have a lot of weapons, or who have a lot of numbers; rather it is the ones who have Iman. That is the condition that is needed. So although it looked like the Muslims were going to lose, but SubhanAllah, Allah ‘Azza wa Jall created the means towards the end. So whenever the Muslims get into trouble, Allah ‘Azza wa Jall is the one who delivers them out of it. What happened was that in the Persian Capital, the two main leaders starting fighting with each other; half of the army broke with Rustum and the other half with another leader. So the general who was appointed to fight the Muslims was recalled back to the capital to resolve this dispute. So the Muslims who were in danger of being wiped out permanently are now alone sitting there and this gave the Khalifah enough time to send in reinforcements and to carry on the fight. So this dispute happened at the exact moment that was needed because Allah ‘Azza wa Jall wanted this land to be opened. So even though it seemed the tide was turning against the Muslims, Allah ‘Azza wa Jall gave them victory