No, by Al-Laat and Al-Uzza (two idols), until we squeeze...

No, by Al-Laat and Al-Uzza (two idols), until we squeeze Yasrab (Al-Medina) against them, or we seize them as captives, so we can enter them into Makkah and the Arabs can get to hear about that’. وكان أبو حذيفة بن عتبة مع رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله). وكان أبو سفيان لما جاز بالعير بعث إلى قريش قد نجى الله عيركم فارجعوا ودعوا محمدا والعرب وادفعوه بالراح ما اندفع وإن لم ترجعوا فردوا القيان And Abu Huzeyfa Bin Uteyba was with Rasool-Allah -saww .

And Abu Sufyan, when he took a risk with the caravan, sent a message to Quraysh, ‘Allah -azwj has Saved your caravan, therefore return and leave Muhammad -saww and the Arabs, and repel him -saww in your own time what I do, and if you do not return, so repel him by the meeting (in battle)’. فلحقهم الرسول في الجحفة فأراد عتبة أن يرجع فأبى أبو جهل وبنو مخزوم وردوا القيان من الجحفة.

قال: وفزع أصحاب رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) لما بلغهم كثرة قريش واستغاثوا وتضرعوا فأنزل الله سبحانه إذ تستغيثون ربكم وما بعده The Rasool -saww met them in Al-Juhfa. So, Uteyba intended to return, but Abu Jahl, and the Clan of Mahzum refused and they returned to meet (in battle) from Al-Juhfa. He (the narrator) said, ‘And the companions of Rasool-Allah -saww panicked when it reached them (the news of) the large number of Quraysh, and they asked for help, and Prayed.

So, Allah -azwj the Glorious Revealed: When you sought Assistance from your Lord [8:9] , and what is after it’.

[56] الطبرسي: قيل: إن النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) لما نظر إلى كثرة عدد المشركين و قلة عدد المسلمين استقبل القبلة، و قال: «اللهم أنجز لي ما وعدتني، اللهم إن تهلك هذه العصابة لا تعبد في الأرض Al Tabari – ‘It is said, that the Prophet -saww , when he -saww looked at the huge number of the Polytheists and a small number of the Muslims (on the Day of Badr), turned to face the Qiblah and said: ‘O Allah -azwj ! Accomplish for me -saww what You -azwj Promised me -saww . O Allah -azwj !

If this group (of Muslims) is destroyed, You -azwj will not be worshipped in the earth’. فما زال يهتف ربه مادا يديه، حتى سقط رداؤه من منكبيه، فأنزل الله: إِذْ تَسْتَغِيثُونَ رَبَّكُمْ الآية. قال: و هو المروي عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام) He -saww did not cease to extend his -saww hands to His -azwj Lord -azwj until his -saww cloak fell from his -saww shoulders, and Allah -azwj Revealed: When you sought Assistance from your Lord [8:9] – the Verse’.

He (Al Tabarsy) said, ‘And it is reported from Abu Ja’far -asws ’.

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