Koranic Allusions by Ibn Warraq

Author:Ibn Warraq
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2013-08-04T16:00:00+00:00

‘Alī ibn Nar ibn ‘Alī and ‘Abd al-Wārith ibn ‘Abd a-amd ibn ‘Abd al-Wārith have passed on to us,—and indeed ‘Alī from ‘Abd a-amd ibn ‘Abd al-Wārith (etc.)—‘Abd al-Wārith: my father passed on to me of Ābān al-Aār from Hishām ibn ‘Urwa from ‘Urwa himself that he wrote in the following way to ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwān: “You wrote to me about Abū Sufyān and his expedition and asked me about the course it took. So it happened that Abū Sufyān was approaching from Syria with 70 horsemen from various clans of the Quraysh—they had all been merchants in Syria and together were bringing their money and wares home. They were announced to the prophet and his companions. War had already prevailed between the two parties before and it had come to deathblows. Ibn al- aramī had been slain with others at Nahla and prisoners were taken by the Quraysh, among them some of the Banu-l-Mugira, for example, their client Ibn Kaysān. ‘Abdallāh ibn Jash and Wāqid, a protégé of the Banū ‘Adī ibn Ka‘b, along with other companions of the prophet, who had sent out this company with ‘Abdallāh ibn Jash, had attacked them. This encounter ignited the war between the prophet and the Quraysh. It was the first warlike clash between the two parties and it took place before the expedition of Abū Sufyān and his people to Syria. But Abū Sufyān and the Qurayshite horsemen, who were returning home with him from Syria, were approaching—according to this story—and were travelling along the coastal path. When the prophet heard of them, he called his companions together and told them of the treasures they were bringing with them and of their small number. So the Muslims set forth and were only out to get Abū Sufyān and the caravan; they thought of the booty that would fall to them and did not think that it would end in a great battle when they met them. Here the Koran verse that God revealed in relation to this:…but it was your wish to take possession of the one that was unarmed.29 When Abū Sufyān heard that the prophet's companions wanted to obstruct his way, he sent word to the Quraysh: Muammad and his companions are blocking your way! Protect your wares! When the news reached the Quraysh—in Abū Sufyān's caravan the clans of Ka‘b ibn Lu'ayy were represented—the people of Mecca set out to give them protection in the form of the contingent of the Banū Ka‘b ibn Lu'ayy. Of the Banū ‘Āmir there was not a single one among them, with the exception of the Banū Mālik ibn isl. Neither the prophet nor his companions heard any news of the Quraysh contingent until he came to Badr. The Qurayshite horsemen's route had occasionally (also in the past) been the coastal road to Syria. So Abū Sufyān turned away from Badr and chose the coastal road: he feared an ambush at Badr. The prophet advanced, finally rested in the vicinity of Badr and sent Zubayr ibn al- ‘Awwām with a company of his companions to the water of Badr.

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