Then they deliberated upon killing Rasool-Allah -saww upon Al-Aqaba (a hillock)...
Then they deliberated upon killing Rasool-Allah -saww upon Al-Aqaba (a hillock), and Allah ‑azwj Mighty and Majestic Protected Rasool-Allah -saww from behind, and a Guardian -asws of Allah -azwj is such that the Kafirs cannot overcome him -asws ’.
فَأَشَارَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع عَلَيْهِ بِأَنْ يُكَاتِبَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فِي ذَلِكَ وَ يَبْعَثَ رَسُولًا مُسْرِعاً فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ أَسْرَعُ وَ كِتَابَهُ إِلَيْهِ أَسْبَقُ فَلَا يُهِمَّنَّكُمْ So, one of the companions of Amir Al-Momineen -asws indicated that he -asws should write to Rasool-Allah -saww with that (what had happened), and he -asws should send a messenger quickly, but Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘The messenger of Allah -azwj to Muhammad -saww – His -azwj Rasool -saww would be quicker, and His -azwj letter to him -saww would (get there) earlier, therefore this should not concern you’.
فَلَمَّا قَرُبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنَ الْعَقَبَةِ الَّتِي بِإِزَائِهَا فَضَائِحُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَ الْكَافِرِينَ نَزَلَ دُونَ الْعَقَبَةِ ثُمَّ جَمَعَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ هَذَا جَبْرَئِيلُ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ يُخْبِرُنِي أَنَّ عَلِيّاً دُبِّرَ عَلَيْهِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَدَفَعَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنْهُ مِنْ أَلْطَافِهِ وَ عَجَائِبِ مُعْجِزَاتِهِ بِكَذَا وَ كَذَا أَنَّهُ صَلَّبَ الْأَرْضَ تَحْتَ حَافِرِ دَابَّتِهِ وَ أَرْجُلِ أَصْحَابِهِ When Rasool-Allah -saww came closer to Al-Aqaba which faced him -saww , he -saww gathered the hypocrites and the Kafirs who had descended below Al-Aqaba, and he -saww said to them: ‘This is Jibraeel -as , the trustworthy messenger.
He -as is informing me that (regarding) Ali -asws , such and such colluded against him -asws , but Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Defended him -asws from it by His -azwj Kindness and wonders of his -asws miracles by such and such. He -azwj Solidified the ground of a pit beneath his -asws ride and the legs of his -asws companions.
ثُمَّ انْقَلَبَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ عَلِيٌّ ع وَ كَشَفَ عَنْهُ فَرُئِيَتِ الْحَفِيرَةُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَاءَمَهَا كَمَا كَانَتْ لِكَرَامَتِهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنَّهُ قِيلَ لَهُ كَاتِبْ بِهَذَا وَ أَرْسِلْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَسْرَعُ وَ كِتَابُهُ إِلَيْهِ أَسْبَقُ Then Ali -asws turned back to that place and uncovered from it, and the pit was seen.
Then Allah ‑azwj Mighty and Majestic Returned it to be just as it was before due to His -azwj Prestige upon him -asws .
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