In the darkness of the night...
In the darkness of the night, the youths would then barge into his house and kill him. Here the conclave against him was in progress, and on the other side, Allah had forewarned the Prophet (a.s) of the impending danger.
Therefore, Allah has said in the Qur’an: وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيُثْبِتُوكَ أَوْ يَقْتُلُوكَ أَوْ يُخْرِجُوكَ وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ “Remember the time when the infidels were scheming against you to incarcerate you at some place or to kill you or to banish you. They were planning their stratagem and Allah had his own plan. Allah is a better Planner!” To implement Allah’s Plan, the Prophet (a.s) called `Ali (a.s) and said, “O `Ali!
Quraysh have decided that they would assassinate me tonight. But Allah has ordered me to leave Makkah and make you sleep in my bed! It is very disturbing for me to leave you behind…
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